Fork-tailed threadfin bream
Nemipterus furcosus
- Usual depth30–71 m
- Water temperature24–30 °C
- Best monthsSeptember and October
- How commonCommon
About this species
Nemipterus furcosus, the fork-tailed threadfin bream, rosy threadfin bream or red butterfly bream, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Nemipteridae, the threadfin and whiptail breams. This species is found in the eastern Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.
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Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 1,180 records
- February: 463 records
- March: 289 records
- April: 923 records
- May: 211 records
- June: 2,088 records
- July: 543 records
- August: 3,994 records
- September: 6,930 records
- October: 4,904 records
- November: 1,578 records
- December: 194 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 30–71 m · Deepest record: 418 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Fork-tailed threadfin bream, Forktailed Threadfin Bream, Gold Perch, Peron's Butterfly-bream, Peron's Threadfin Bream, Red Butterfly Bream, redspotted threadfin-bream, rosy threadfin bream, Rosy Threadfin-bream, Threadfin Bream
Names in 3 more languages
- Filipino
- Bisugo
- Japanese
- Momoitoyori, モモイトヨリ
- Simplified Chinese
- 橫斑金線魚, 紅金線魚, 金線鰱
Other scientific names: Dentex furcosus, Dentex hypselognathus, Dentex ovenii, Dentex sundanensis, Dentex upeneoides, Genyorage rubicauda, Nemipterus hypselognathus, Nemipterus oveni, Nemipterus ovenii, Nemipterus robustus, Nemipterus sudanensis, Nemipterus sundanensis, Nemipterus upeneoides, Nemipterus worcesteri, Synagris furcosus, Synagris hypselognathus, Synagris ovenii, Synagris upeneoides, Synagris worcesteri
Similar species
- gold perch
Nemipterus hexodon
- Notchedfin threadfin bream
Nemipterus peronii
- bottom threadfin-bream
Nemipterus bathybius
- yellowtipped threadfin bream
Nemipterus nematopus
- Golden threadfin bream
Nemipterus virgatus
- Balinese threadfin bream
Nemipterus balinensis
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 23,496 open-data records from 1931 to 2021.
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