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Blue-lined Large-eye Bream

Gymnocranius grandoculis

Also known as: Blue-lined Sea Bream, Emperor Fish, Grey Large-eye Bream, Iodine Bream, Large-eye Bream, Maori Sea Bream, Rippled Barenose, Robinson's Sea Bream, Robinson's Perch, Sea Bream, Stout Emperor

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2016
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Overview

Found singly, or in small schools, over off-shore rocky bottoms, of trawling grounds, on the continental shelf.
Juveniles found over inshore muddy substrates.

Most members of Lethrinidae are able to rapidly switch on and off dark mottled patterns, spots and bars to deter predators.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
brown lines
Behaviour
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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
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Found singly, or in small schools, over off-shore rocky bottoms, of trawling grounds, on the continental shelf.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderEupercaria incertae sedis
    5. familyLethrinidae
    6. genusGymnocranius
    7. speciesGymnocranius grandoculis (Valenciennes, 1830)

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