Scolopsis bilineata

(Bloch, 1793)

Vernacular names
English : Two-lined monocle bream
French : Happeur à deux lignes

Classification
Class : Teleostei
Order : Eupercaria i. s. (sometimes still Perciformes)
Family : Nemipteridae
Notes : No subspecies known.

Identification
The species can reach 25 cm in length, usually less. Juveniles with white belly and flanks with yellow and black bands. Adults mostly white, brown forehead and back with yellow lines and two parallel curving red lines.

Range and habitat
The species occurs in the Indo-Pacific area, from Maldives and Laccadive Islands to Fiji and Tonga, to South Japan, south to Lord Howe Island. Lives in coral and rocky reefs, to 25 m. Juveniles more in lagoons and rubble areas.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : LEAST CONCERN
CITES : Not Listed
Status : The species is common and widespread. It is caught quite regularly for the pet trade but so far it isn’t considered a threat.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known

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