Whitecheek Monocle Bream
Scolopsis vosmeri
Also known as: Coral Bream, Monocle Bream, Silverflash Spinecheek, Spinecheek, Vosmer's Spinecheek, Whiptail, Whiteband Monocle Bream, Whiteband Spinecheek, Whitecheek Bream, White-cheeked Monocle Bream, Whitecheek Spinecheek, Whitecheek Threadfin Bream
- Coral Bream
- Monocle Bream
- Silverflash Spinecheek
- Spinecheek
- Vosmer's Spinecheek
- Whiptail
- Whiteband Monocle Bream
- Whiteband Spinecheek
- Whitecheek Bream
- White-cheeked Monocle Bream
- Whitecheek Spinecheek
- Whitecheek Threadfin Bream
Overview
Found singly or in small schools, over mud, rubble, sand and weedy bottoms, in turbid waters close to inshore areas of 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.
How to identify
- Pattern
- white stripes
- Fins & Tail
- white tail
- Behaviour
- bottom dwellingschoolingsolitary
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Habitat & where to find it
- Range · Indo-West Pacific
- Country only · 5
Found singly or in small schools, over mud, rubble, sand and weedy bottoms, in turbid waters close to inshore areas of reefs.
Adult photos 5
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Taxonomy
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classTeleostei
- orderEupercaria incertae sedis
- familyNemipteridae
- genusScolopsis
- speciesScolopsis vosmeri
SourcesFishBase
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