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Fork-tailed Threadfin Bream

Nemipterus furcosus

Classification

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. Taxonomy Nemipterus furcosus was first formally described as Dentex furcosus by the French zoologist Achille Valenciennes with its type locality given as Trincomalee in Sri Lanka.

Distribution

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