Fork-Tailed Threadfin Bream

Scientific Name: Nemipterus furcosus
Family: Coral Breams - Nemipteridae
Maximum Size: 30cm
Identification: Pinkish red with dusky saddles on back, lower edge of tail whitish; elongate body with deeply forked tail.
Hide-out: Seldom on reefs, usually inhabit featureless sand bottoms in 3-100m.
Location: Indo-Asian Pacific - Sri Lanka to S.W. Japan, Papua, N. Australia and New Caledonia.