Striped monocle bream

Scolopsis lineata

Seabream from the Eastern Indian Ocean

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Oceania
Fusiform
Medium
Tropical fish

Striped monocle bream is a marine fish from Eastern Indian Ocean and Western Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 25 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Nemipteridae
Genus: Scolopsis
Maximum length: 25 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean and Western Pacific: throughout the southeastern Indian Ocean, including Cocos-Keeling Islands and northwestern Australia, and from the Ryukyu Islands to the Marshall Islands and Vanuatu. Record from the Andaman Islands is unconfirmed. Referred to as Scolopsis cancellatus by most authors.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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