Monogrammed monocle bream
📖 Overview
Occurs on sand bottoms close to reefs. Often silty habitats . Occurs solitary or in small groups. Feeds on small fishes, crustaceans, mollusks and polychaete worms . It is parasitised by the monogenean Anoplodiscus hutsonae on the pectoral fins and body surface .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7. Head scales reaching to between anterior margin of eyes and posterior nostrils. Lower limb of preopercle scaly. Antrorse (forward-directed) suborbital spine absent. Pelvic fins long, reaching almost to level of origin of anal fin. Upper lobe of caudal fin a little longer than lower lobe. In larger specimens, lobes produced to form short filamentous extensions in larger specimens. 3 blue stripes on snout; uppermost joining eyes above nostrils. A blue stripe on preopercle behind eye. A blue chevron-shaped stripe running upwards onto opercle from below eye and bending downward towards pectoral-fin base.: fusiform / normal; Cross section: oval.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Monogrammed monocle bream is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Monogrammed monocle bream is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Also Ref. 103751.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 2 - 50 m . Tropical; 32°N - 31°S, 90°E - 157°E West Pacific: eastern Indian Ocean (Andaman Sea and northwest Australia) to Papua New Guinea, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to northeastern Australia.
🌿 Ecology
small fishes, crustaceans, mollusks and polychaete worms (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | barred-face spine-cheek · Barred-face Spinecheek · Latice Spinecheek · Lattice Monocle Bream · Lattice Spinecheek · Monocle Bream · Monogram Monocle Bream · Monogram Spinecheek · monogrammed monocle bream · rainbow bream · Rainbow Monocle Bream · Regal Coral Bream · threadfin monocle bream · Threadfin Monocle-bream |
| 🏳️Catalan | Peix coral·lí monograma |
| 🌍CES | špičatník mřížkatý |
| 🇩🇪German | Monokel-Scheinschnapper |
| 🇫🇷French | Scolopsis Masqué |
| 🇯🇵Japanese | Hitosujitamagashira · ヒトスジタマガシラ |
| 🌍MSA | Beliak mata · Kerisi · Mempasir · Mentimun · Pijat-pijat · Puyu laut |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Peixe-arco-íris-monograma |
| 🌍TGL | Bisugo · Buruba · Tagisang lawin · Tingin |
| 🌍THA | ปลาทรายขาว · ปลาทรายแถบน้ำตาล |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 單帶眶棘鱸 · 赤尾冬仔 · 黑帶赤尾冬 |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 15 records indexed .
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