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Unarmed Dwarf Monocle Bream

Parascolopsis inermis

Also known as: Banded Monocle Bream, Coral Bream, Dwarf Monocle Bream, Monocle Bream, Redbelt Monocle Bream, Rosy Dwarf Monocle Bream, Spinecheek, Yellow Monocle Bream

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2019
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Adult
@hydradon · Singapore, Singapore · January 20181 / 2
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Overview

Found in schools, over mud and sand bottoms, usually off-shore, in deeper waters.

Coral 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
bars
Behaviour
bottom dwellingschooling

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Eastern Indian Ocean, Western Pacific
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Found in schools, over mud and sand bottoms, usually off-shore, in deeper waters.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderEupercaria incertae sedis
    5. familyNemipteridae
    6. genusParascolopsis
    7. speciesParascolopsis inermis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)

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