Scolopsis bimaculata

(Rüppell, 1828)

Vernacular names
English : Thumbprint monocle bream
French : Happeur à deux taches

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

Identification
Adults can grow to 31 cm long. Coloration mostly light grey, turning white on belly. Yellowish tail fin, elongated black blotch on upper half of flanks. Blue lines on forehead, joining both eyes, often with dark area between the lines.

Range and habitat
The species occurs in the Indian Ocean, from Red Sea and Persian Gulf to Mozambique coasts, east to Sri Lanka and India. Lives in inshore waters, in or near coral reefs, on soft bottoms, to 60 m deep.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : LEAST CONCERN
CITES : Not Listed
Status : The species is common and widespread. It is locally targeted by fisheries but numbers caught remain too small to be a threat.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known

Observation

 

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