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Two-lined Monocle Bream

Scolopsis bilineata

Also known as: Bridled Monocle Bream, Bridled Spinecheek, Coral Bream, Double-lined Coral Bream, Monocle Bream, Spinecheek, Thumbprint Monocle Bream, Twoline Monocle Bream, Twoline Spinecheek, Twospine Spinecheek, Whiptail, Yellowfin Spinecheek, Yellow-finned Spinecheek

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2016
LIFE STAGE
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Adult
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@epic · Challenger Bay - Great Barrier Reef, Australia · July 20091 / 23

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Overview

Found singly or in pairs, over rubble areas, of clear, shallow, lagoons and protected reefs.

Threadfin Breams and Whiptail Breams have excellent eyesight and are usually found close to the bottom looking for prey with a stop start movement.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
stripes
Behaviour
bottom dwellingpairssolitary

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Habitat & where to find it

Where the adult stage lives, and where its photos were taken.

  • Range · Indo-West Pacific
  • Exact location · 4
  • Country only · 19
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Found singly or in pairs, over rubble areas, of clear, shallow, lagoons and protected reefs.

RANGE
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Adult photos 23

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderEupercaria incertae sedis
    5. familyNemipteridae
    6. genusScolopsis
    7. speciesScolopsis bilineata (Bloch, 1793)

    SourcesWoRMSFishBase

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