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Bridled Monocle Bream
Scolopsis affinis Peters, 1877
A Bridled Monocle Bream at a depth of 18 m, Ribbon Reef #10, Great Barrier Reef off Cooktown, Queensland, June 2002. Photo © E. Schlögl. View larger image.
The Bridled Monocle Bream has a moderately elongate, compressed body. It is greyish on the back and silvery below. There is usually a broad yellow to dusky stripe along the side of the body. The tail is yellow with a blue margin.
It grows to about 20 cm in length.
The Bridled Monocle Bream is a schooling species that occurs in tropical inshore and coral reef waters of the Western Pacific.
In Australia, it is known from the offshore islands of north-western Western Australia and from northern to central Great Barrier Reef, Queensland.
View a map of the collecting localities of specimens in the Australian Museum Fish Collection.
This species has also been called the Large-eyed Spinecheek, Peters' Monocle Bream and Yellow-tail Spinecheek.
Related links
- Pearly Monocle-bream fact sheet
- Rainbow Monocle Bream fact sheet
- Saw-jawed Monocle Bream fact sheet
- Two-line Monocle Bream fact sheet
- View the Threadfin Breams, Whiptails, Monocle Breams list
Further reading
- Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Western Australian Museum. Pp. 292.
- Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & R.C. Steene. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Crawford House Press. Pp. 557.
- Russell, B.C. (1990). FAO Species Catalogue. Nemipterid fishes of the World (Threadfin breams, Whiptail breams, Monocle breams, Dwarf monocle breams, and Coral breams - Family Nemipteridae). Rome : FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 125 Vol. 12. Pp. 149 . pls VIII.
