Scientific Name	Nemipterus bathybius   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Snyder, 1911	Depth	35 - 300M
Chinese	底金線魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	金線魚科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F376　Nemipteridae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	深水金線魚(黃肚金線魚)
Max Length	20 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	紅海鯽、金線鰱、紅姑鯉(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、North East、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew
Habitats	Deep Sea、Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Kagoshima, Japan
Synonyms	Nemipterus bathybus, Nemipterus marginatus, Synagris bathybius
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  Snyder, J. O. 1911 Russell, B. C. 1990 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 吳春基 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0055769. ASIZP0055770. ASIZP0060072. ASIZP0061968. ASIZP0061972. ASIZP0061983. ASIZP0065917. ASIZP0070608. ASIZP0079196. ASIZP0700036. ASIZP0700161. ASIZP0800691. ASIZP0805825. ASIZP0805827. ASIZP0900442. ASIZP0900446. ASIZP0900456. ASIZP0910691. ASIZP0915825. ASIZP0915827. FRIP00731. FRIP00737. FRIP20205. FRIP21571. NMMBP08732. NTMP0453. NTUM00985. NTUM02173. NTUM06316. NTUM07105. NTUM07497.
Barcode	2008-03-25,Kui-Ching Hsu,CO1,100% 2015-11-01,Yu-Ming Shih,CO1,100%
Common Name	Yellowbelly threadfin bream; Yellow belly; Yellow-bellied threadfin-bream
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal-fin raysX, 9; anal-fin rays III, 7; pectoral-fin rays 15-17. Body depth 2.93 to 3.52 times in standard length. Suborbital spine absent. Preopercle with 3 transverse scale rows. Pectoral fins long, reaching almost to level of origin of anal fin. Pelvic fins moderately long, reaching beyond anus. A line drawn upwards from the posterior edge of suborbital reaching the dorsal profile in front of origin of dorsal fin. Upper lobe of caudal fin falcate and yellow, usually ribbon-like in adults. Axillary scale present. Upper body pinkish, silvery below.
habitats	A benthic species, found on sand or mud bottoms. Abundant in depths between 45 and 90 m, but larger fish generally occur in depths greater than 110 m. Larger fish feed mainly on crustaceans, fish and cephalopods. Young fish eat copepods, ostracods and amp
Distribution	Western Pacific: southern Japan to Indonesia and northwestern Australia. Taiwan: South, Hsiaoliuchiu, North-East, West.
Utility	Commercial fishery and aquarium species