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Nemipteridae (Threadfin breams, Whiptail breams)
Etymology: Parascolopsis: Greek, para in the side of + Greek, skolos = stake + Greek, ops = appearance (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal. Deep-water
Western Central Pacific: West Timor, Indonesia and Sabah, Malaysia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 17.7 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 26271)
Small, bottom-living fishes usually inhabiting moderately deep water (up to 500 m) on outer shelf and continental slope waters (Ref. 26271).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Russell, B.C. and P.K. Chin, 1996. Parascolopsis melanophrys, a new species of dwarf monocle bream (Teleostei: Nemipteridae) from the Indo-Malayan Archipelago. Raffles Bull. Zool. 44(2):415-418. (Ref. 26271)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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