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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); baranesi: Named in honor of Dr. Albert (Avi) Baranes, Director of the Interuniversity Institute of Marine Sciences (IUI), Elat, through whose efforts this species was collected in the Gulf of Aqaba..