Whitecheek monocle bream - 114°E HK Reef Fish

Whitecheek monocle bream

Characteristics

Often recorded singly or in small groups.
Moves with a swim-stop-swim pattern.
Feeds on benthic organisms.

Description

Body is brownish, purple-red dorsally and becoming slightly whiter ventrally.
A vertical white bar begins from the top of the head, runs behind the eyes and ends at operculum.

Common Name: Whitecheek monocle bream

Family Common Name: Sea Breams

Family: Nemipteridae

Scientific Name: Scolopsis vosmeri___(Bloch, 1792)

Genus: Scolopsis

Maximum Length: 25 cm (Total Length)

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未評估

Not Evaluated (ne)

數據缺乏

Data Deficient (dd)

無危

Least Concern (lc)

近危

Near Threatened (nt)

易危

Vulnerable (vu)

瀕危

Endangered (en)

極危

Critically Endangered (cr)

絕滅

Extinct (ex)

Whitecheek monocle bream