Purple Threadfin Bream

Pentapodus emeryii

Blue with two yellow horizontal stripes the upper narrower than the lower. Adults with two long caudal fin filaments.

Size : 30 cm

Habitat : Inhabits coastal reefs, 3-35 m. Alone or in small groups. Shy species.

Distribution : NW Australia to East Indonesia to the Philippines.

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Actinopterygii

ORDER

:

Perciformes

FAMILY

:

Nemipteridae

GENUS

:

Pentapodus

SPECIES

:

Pentapodus emeryii

Other Information

Population Status

Least Concern (LC)

PHOTO COLLECTION

Reference

  1. inaturalist.org
  2. Reef Fishes of the Indo-Pacific. Book by Matthias Bergbauer and Manuela Kirschner