Scientific Name	Nemipterus furcosus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Valenciennes, 1830)	Depth	8 - 110M
Chinese	紅金線魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	金線魚科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F376　Nemipteridae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	橫斑金線魚
Max Length	22.5 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	金線鰱
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、North East
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
Synonyms	Dentex furcosus, Dentex hypselognathus, Dentex ovenii, Dentex sundanensis, Dentex upeneoides, Genyorage rubicauda, Nemipterus hypselognathus, Nemipterus ovenii, Nemipterus peronii, Nemipterus robustus, Nemipterus sudanensis, Nemipterus sundanensis, Nemipterus upeneoides ...all 19..
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.5(FAO, 2001)；Russell, B.C., 1990. Nemipterid fishes of the world. (Threadfin breams, whiptail breams, monocle breams, dwarf monocle breams, and coral breams). Family Nemipterida  Cuvier, G. etc. 1830 Russell, B. C. 1990 Russell, B.C. 1991 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0055766. ASIZP0055862. ASIZP0060071. NMNSF01298. NTUM07491. ZMH16166.
Common Name	Peron's butterfly-bream; Rosy threadfin bream; Fork-tailed threadfin bream
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin raysX, 9; anal-fin rays III, 7; pectoral-fin rays16-17. Body depth 3.02 to 3.05 times in standard length. Body elongate for the genus, Suborbital spine absent. Preopercle with 3 transverse scale rows. Pectoral fins moderately long, reaching to or just short of level of anus. Pelvic fins moderately long, reaching to or just short of level anus. A line drawn up from posterior edge of suborbital reaching the dorsal profile at about the origin of dorsal fin. Females predominate at small sizes while males dominate the larger size classes. Maybe a sequential hermaphrodite. Axillary scale present. Upper body iridescent pink, silvery white below. Lower margin of caudal fin white.
habitats	Inhabits sandy and muddy bottoms; also in sheltered estuaries. Feeds mainly on crustaceans and small fishes. Principal catch in the Taiwanese pair-trawl fishery off the coast of northwestern Australia.
Distribution	Indian Ocean: Maldives, Gulf of Mannar, Sri Lanka, Andaman Sea, Strait of Malacca and northwestern Australia. Western Pacific: southern Japan to northeastern Australia. Taiwan: South, North-East, West.
Utility	Commercial fishery species.