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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India

Volume 19 Issue 1&2

Nemipterus luteus (Schneider, 1801) (Nemipteridae: Pisces) the valid name for a threadfin bream from the Indo-Pacific region.

V. Sriramchandra Murty
Abstract

Nemipterus luteus (Schneider, 1801) is shown to bs the valid name for a threadfin bream from the Indo-west Pacific region and that N. striatus (Valenciennes, 1830), N. filamentosus (Valenciennes, 1830), N. nematophorus (Bleeker, 1853) and N. macronemus (Gunther, 1859) are its junior synonyms. A detailed description of this species, on the basis of specimens collected from Kakinada is given.

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Date : 30-12-1977