Oblique-bar Monocle Bream, Scolopsis xenochrous Günther 1872

Other Names: Bluestripe Coral Bream, Blue-stripe Spinecheek, Obliquebarred Monocle Bream, Oblique-barred Monocle Bream, Pearl-streaked Monocle Bream

An Oblique-bar Monocle Bream, Scolopsis xenochrous, in Lembeh Strait, north Sulawesi, Indonesia, January 2018. Source: Rickard Zerpe / Flickr. License: CC BY Attribution

Summary:

A greyish-brown goatfish becoming silvery-white below, with a pearly-blue streak along the dorsal-fin base, an oblique pearly-blue bar above the pectoral-fin base followed by about 6 oblique rows of brown spots and an elongate white to bluish blotch below the lateral line.

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Bray, D.J. 2018, Scolopsis xenochrous in Fishes of Australia, accessed 19 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/2481

Oblique-bar Monocle Bream, Scolopsis xenochrous Günther 1872

More Info

Distribution	Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea, and the northern Great Barrier Reef to northeast of Townsville, Queensland. Elsewhere the species occurs in the tropical, Indo-west Pacific, from the Maldives and Sri Lanka to the Solomon Islands, and north to the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Inhabits rocky-rubble and weedy areas on coral reefs, outer reef slopes and lagoons.
Features	Dorsal fin X, 9; Anal fin III, 7. Head scales reaching forward to between level of anterior margin of eyes and posterior nostrils. Lower limb of preopercle scaly. Antrorse (forward-directed) suborbital spine present beneath eye. Pelvic fins moderately long, reaching to or almost to level of anus.
Colour	Upper body greyish-brown, silvery-white below. A pearly-blue streak from behind eye along dorsal fin base. An oblique, brown-edged pearly-blue bar above the pectoral base. An elongate white blotch below lateral line on posterior half of body, a yellowish tinge above this blotch. Snout dusky and a black blotch on opercle.
Feeding	Feeds mostly on benthic crustaceans.
Species Citation	Scolopsis xenochrous Günther 1872, Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 10(60): 423. Type locality: Misool Island, Irian Jaya, Indonesia (as Misol Island).
Author	Bray, D.J. 2018
Resources	Australian Faunal Directory

Oblique-bar Monocle Bream, Scolopsis xenochrous Günther 1872

References

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