''Nemipterus'' is a

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Nemipteridae Nemipteridae are a family of fishes within the order Perciformes. They are known as threadfin breams, whiptail breams and false snappers. They are found in tropical waters of the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. Most species are benthic carni ...

. They are native to the

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and

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s, but now also occur in the

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due to

Lessepsian migration The Lessepsian migration (also called Erythrean invasion) is the migration of marine species across the Suez Canal, usually from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and more rarely in the opposite direction. When the canal was completed in 18 ...

Species

There are currently 28 recognized species in this genus: * '' Nemipterus aurifilum'' ( J. D. Ogilby, 1910) (Yellow-lip thread-fin bream) * '' Nemipterus aurora'' B. C. Russell, 1993 (Dawn thread-fin bream) * '' Nemipterus balinensis'' ( Bleeker, 1858) (Balinese thread-fin bream) * '' Nemipterus balinensoides'' ( Popta, 1918) (Dwarf thread-fin bream) * '' Nemipterus bathybius'' Snyder, 1911 (Yellow-belly thread-fin bream) * '' Nemipterus bipunctatus'' (

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, 1830) (Delagoa thread-fin bream) * '' Nemipterus celebicus'' ( Bleeker, 1854) (Celebes thread-fin bream) *'' Nemipterus elaine'' Russell & Gouws, 2020 * '' Nemipterus flavomandibularis'' B. C. Russell & Tweddle, 2013 (Yellow-jaw thread-fin bream) Russell, B.C. & Tweddle, D. (2013)
A new species of ''Nemipterus'' (Pisces: Nemipteridae) from the Western Indian Ocean.
''Zootaxa, 3630 (1): 191–197.'' * ''

Nemipterus furcosus ''Nemipterus furcosus'', the fork-tailed threadfin bream, also known as the rosy threadfin bream, is a species of threadfin bream native to Indian oceanic seas around Maldives, Sri Lanka, Andaman islands, and Pacific oceanic seas around Indones ...

'' (

, 1830) (Fork-tailed thread-fin bream) * '' Nemipterus gracilis'' ( Bleeker, 1873) (Graceful thread-fin bream) * '' Nemipterus hexodon'' ( Quoy &

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, 1824) (Ornate thread-fin bream) * '' Nemipterus isacanthus'' ( Bleeker, 1873) (Tear-drop thread-fin bream) * '' Nemipterus japonicus'' ( Bloch, 1791) (Japanese thread-fin bream) * '' Nemipterus marginatus'' (

, 1830) (Red-filament thread-fin bream) * '' Nemipterus mesoprion'' ( Bleeker, 1853) (Mauve-lip thread-fin bream) * '' Nemipterus nematophorus'' ( Bleeker, 1854) (Double-whip thread-fin bream) * '' Nemipterus nematopus'' ( Bleeker, 1851) (Yellow-tipped thread-fin bream) * '' Nemipterus nemurus'' ( Bleeker, 1857) (Red-spine thread-fin bream) * '' Nemipterus peronii'' (

, 1830) (Notched-fin thread-fin bream) * '' Nemipterus randalli'' B. C. Russell, 1986 (Randall's thread-fin bream) * '' Nemipterus sugillatus'' B. C. Russell & H. C. Ho, 2017 Russell, B.C. & Ho, H.-C. (2017): A new species of ''Nemipterus'' (Perciformes: Nemipteridae) and first record of ''N. nematophorus'' (Bleeker) from Taiwan. ''Zootaxa, 4231 (2): 281-288.'' * '' Nemipterus tambuloides'' ( Bleeker, 1853) (Five-lined thread-fin bream) * '' Nemipterus theodorei'' J. D. Ogilby, 1916 (Theodore's thread-fin bream) * '' Nemipterus thosaporni'' B. C. Russell, 1991 (Pale-fin thread-fin bream) * '' Nemipterus virgatus'' ( Houttuyn, 1782) (Golden thread-fin bream) * '' Nemipterus vitiensis'' B. C. Russell, 1990 (Fiji thread-fin bream) * '' Nemipterus zysron'' ( Bleeker, 1856) (Slender thread-fin bream)

References

Marine fish genera Taxa named by William John Swainson {{Perciformes-stub