Japanese Threadfin Bream
Indo-Pacific. A Red Sea immigrant into the Mediterranean reported from Haifa Bay. A record of this species from northwestern Australia is unfounded.
Fish / Japanese Threadfin Bream
Japanese Threadfin Bream
Nemipterus japonicus, commonly known as the Japanese threadfin bream, is a marine fish native to the Pacific and Indian Oceans. The species now also occurs in the Mediterranean, having invaded as a Lessepsian migrant through the Suez Canal. It is consumed by humans as an ingredient of crab sticks.
