Eyebrowed large-eye bream

📖 Overview

Occurs on coral-sand bottom and collected using handlines; in lagoons and large pools. Stomach contents include broken bivalve shells and scraps of urchin shell .

🔬 Taxonomy

🐟 Physical Description

This species is distinguished by the following: a slender species with ratio of standard length to body depth between 2.65-3.06; forehead bumpy and lower edge of eye well above axis of body; moderately forked caudal fin with lobes slightly rounded; scales rows above lateral line 6; pored scales on lateral line 48-49; colour of flanks silvery; scales above lateral line with a dark-grey basal patch forming longitudinal rows; scales with similar dark-grey basal patch on a more or less extended portion of flank below lateral line; up to 24 or more pale-blue speckles against bronze background on snout and cheeks, distinctive on fresh and larger individuals but faint on smaller individuals; a pale-blue band joining the nostrils on forehead and reaching the eyes, bright in freshly captured larger individuals; the area immediately above eye (supraorbital shelf) forming a distinctive blackish eyebrow; more or less conspicuous vertical dark bar crossing the eye; upper lip is reddish to red while lower lip is white; the dorsal, pectoral, anal and caudal fins reddish to red .: fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Eyebrowed large-eye bream is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

Diet information for Eyebrowed large-eye bream is currently being compiled.

🥚 Reproduction

Reproduction data for Eyebrowed large-eye bream is currently being compiled.

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range 5 - 20 m . Tropical Southwest Pacific: New Caledonia, Chesterfield Is.

🌿 Ecology

📐 Morphometrics

🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance

🛡️ Conservation Assessment

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

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