Nemipterus japonicus

ingliseEleven 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.

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