Nemipterus zysron

ingliseSuborbital spine absent. Preopercle with 3 transverse scale rows. Pectoral and pelvic fins short, reaching to just short of level of anus. A line drawn up from posterior edge of suborbital reaching the dorsal profile about 2 to 6 scale rows before origin of dorsal fin. Upper lobe of caudal fin produced into a long yellow trailing filament. Axillary scale present. Color: Upper body reddish, silvery below. Yellow stripes in front of eye through nostrils, and from upper lip to beneath eye. Less distinct golden stripe from behind eye to origin of lateral line.

• Heterognathodon petersii Steindachner, 1864
• Nemipterus metopias (Bleeker, 1857)
• Nemipterus petersi (Steindachner, 1864)
• Dentex metopias Bleeker, 1857
• Dentex zysron Bleeker, 1856