Nemipterus japonicus

anglųEleven to twelve pale golden-yellow stripes along body from behind head to base of caudal fin. A prominent red-suffused yellow blotch below origin of lateral line. Pectoral fins very long, reaching to or just beyond level of origin of anal fin. Caudal fin moderately forked, upper lobe slightly longer than lower and produced into a short or moderately long filament. Three transverse scale rows on preopercle. Axillary scale present. Color: Upper body pinkish, silvery below.

• Heterognathodon flaviventris Steindachner, 1866
• Sparus japonicus Bloch, 1791
• Dentex blochii Bleeker, 1851
• Nemipterus luteus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
• Cantharus filamentosus Rüppell, 1829
• Synagris flavolinea Fowler, 1931
• Coryphaena lutea Bloch & Schneider, 1801
• Synagris japonicus (Bloch, 1791)
• Dentex tambulus Valenciennes, 1830
• Synagris grammicus Day, 1865
• Nemipterus japonica (Bloch, 1791)
• Nemipterus japonicas (Bloch, 1791)
• Dentex striatus Valenciennes, 1830