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Nemipterus japonicus (Bloch, 1791)

Japanese threadfin bream
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Iran country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: Valinassab, T., R. Daryanabard, R. Dehghani and G.J. Pierce, 2006
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Reported from the Bushehr coastal waters in the Persian Gulf (Ref. 93975) and Oman Sea (Ref. 47533). Also Ref. 47613.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ir.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Russell, B.C., 1990
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Nemipteridae (Threadfin breams, Whiptail breams)
Etymology: Nemipterus: Greek, nema, -atos = filament + Greek, pteron = wing, fin (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Bloch.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; non-migratory; depth range 5 - 80 m (Ref. 9785).   Tropical; 34°N - 11°S, 31°E - 133°E (Ref. 3810)

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