Description

Also known as Bluestripe Coral Bream, Bluestripe Monocle Bream, Bluestripe Spinecheek, Coral Bream, Monocle Bream, Oblique-bar Monocle Bream, Oblique-barred Monocle Bream, Oblique-barred Spinecheek, Olive-spotted Monocle Bream, Olive-spotted Spinecheek, Pearl-streaked Spinecheek, Spinecheek, Whiptail.

Found singly or in small schools, over rock, rubble, and sandy bottoms, of lagoons, seaward and outer reef slopes.
They feed on benthic crustaceans.
Length - 22cm
Depth - 5-50m
Widespread Indo-West Pacific

Threadfin Breams and Whiptail Breams have excellent eyesight and are usually found close to the bottom looking for prey with a stop start movement. Ref: https://www.fishbase.se/summary/5882