Slender threadfin bream
Nemipterus zysron
- Usual depth43–104 m
- Water temperature25–29 °C
- Best monthsOctober
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 8 records
- February: 3 records
- March: 6 records
- April: 3 records
- May: 8 records
- June: 7 records
- July: 5 records
- August: 13 records
- September: 21 records
- October: 40 records
- November: 23 records
- December: 5 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 43–104 m · Deepest record: 124 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Slender threadfin bream, slender threadfin bream, Slender Yellow-tipped Threadfin-bream, yellow-cheeked threadfin bream, Yellow-cheeked Threadfin-bream
Names in 5 more languages
- Spanish
- Baga Elegante
- Filipino
- Bisugo
- French
- Cohana Elégante, Cohana élégante
- Japanese
- Himeitoyori, ヒメイトヨリ
- Simplified Chinese
- 姬金線魚, 金線鰱, 長體金線魚
Other scientific names: Dentex metopias, Dentex zysron, Heterognathodon petersii, Nemipterus metopias, Nemipterus petersi
Similar species
- Fork-tailed threadfin bream
Nemipterus furcosus
- gold perch
Nemipterus hexodon
- Notchedfin threadfin bream
Nemipterus peronii
- bottom threadfin-bream
Nemipterus bathybius
- yellowtipped threadfin bream
Nemipterus nematopus
- Golden threadfin bream
Nemipterus virgatus
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.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 262 open-data records from 1852 to 2017.
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