[3] The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies Nemipterus within the family Nemipteridae which it places in the order Spariformes.

[4] Nemipterus peronii has a specific name which honours the collector of the type, the French voyager and naturalist François Péron.

The dorsal fin has an overall colour of pale whitish pink, with a light yellow line or row of spots just over its base and the tips of the spines are orange.

It occurs in the Red Sea, Persian Gulf, along the coasts of Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka east into the Western Pacific where it reaches north to southern Japan and south to Australia.

It has 2 extended spawning season in the South China Sea, one in November to February and the other beginning in May or June.

There is a commercial fishery for this species in the Straits of Malacca and in the South China Sea off the coast of Terengganu in Malaysia.