Slender dwarf monocle bream

Parascolopsis qantasi

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Southeast Asia
Fusiform
Small
Tropical fish

Parascolopsis qantasi, the slender dwarf monocle bream, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Nemipteridae, the threadfin breams. This fish is found in the eastern Indian Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Nemipteridae
Genus: Parascolopsis
Maximum length: 10.3 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean: known only from two specimens trawled in Mentawi Strait, off western Sumatra, Indonesia.
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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