NEMIPTERIDAE Nemipterus peronii, 12.7 cm SL (photo by Seishi Kimura) Nemipterus peronii (Valenciennes, 1830) Notchedfin Threadfin Bream D X, 9; A III, 7; P1 16-18; P2 I, 5; GR 9-12. Body moderately elongate, compressed. Posterior margin of suborbital and lower preopercular margin not serrated; suborbital spine absent. Ventral margin of orbit not reaching a horizontal line through snout tip and upper base of pectoral fin. First 2 dorsal-fin spine separated by a membrane; membranes between dorsal-fin spines strongly incised. Upper lobe of caudal fin pointed. Pectoral fin not reaching a vertical through anal fin origin. Three transverse scale rows on preopercle. Color: body pinkish dorsally, silvery ventrally, with 7 or 8 indistinct pink saddles reaching to or just below lateral line. A diffuse pale reddish spot below and just behind lateral line origin. Size: maximum length 26.5 cm SL. Distribution: distributed in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf east to the Andaman Sea and the western Pacific. Remarks: occurs on sandy or muddy bottoms at depths of about 100 m. (Hiroyuki Motomura)