Green-striped coral bream
📖 Overview
Abundant on shallow inshore reefs and adjacent sand or mud bottoms. Feeds on small fishes and benthic invertebrates. Unimportant as a food fish. No major fishery exists.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7. Scales on top of head not reaching to level of eyes. Snout, suborbital, interorbital, and temporal parts of head naked. Posterior margin of suborbital denticulate, a small spine in upper corner. 5 or 6 transverse rows of cheek scales. Preopercle serrate, opercle scaly. Lower limb of preopercle naked. Upper margin of opercle with a small, flat, rounded spine. Pectoral fins short, not reaching to level of anus. Pelvic fins long, reaching to level of anus. Color: Dark olive on top of head, back paler, ventral surface white. 2 blue stripes on snout, the first joining eyes through nostrils, the second across front of snout. 2 narrow blue lines below eye crossing suborbital.: fusiform / normal; Cross section: oval.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Green-striped coral bream is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Green-striped coral bream is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Green-striped coral bream is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 20 m . Tropical; 7°S - 30°S, 109°E - 141°E known from Papua New Guinea (Ref.
🌿 Ecology
small fishes and benthic invertebrates
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Coral Monocle Bream · green-striped coral bream · Greenstriped Coral Bream · jurgen |
| 🏳️Catalan | Nemiptères de línia verda |
| 🌍CES | špičatník zelenopruhý |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Peixe-arco-íris-verde |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cantharus milii | Bory de Saint-Vincent | 1823 | Synonym |
| Maenoides cyanotaeniatus | Richardson | 1843 | Synonym |
| Scaevius nicanor | Whitley | 1947 | Synonym |
| Sciaevius milii | Bory de Saint-Vincent | 1823 | Synonym |
| Scolopsis longulus | Richardson | 1842 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) — 1 records indexed .
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