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Scolopsis lineata in Indonesia
Striped monocle bream

Scolopsis lineata Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
Family:	Nemipteridae (Threadfin breams, Whiptail breams)	picture (Sclin_u0.jpg) by Cook, D.C.
Order:	Perciformes (perch-likes)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Striped monocle bream
Max. size:	23.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 9710)
Environment:	reef-associated ; depth range 4 - 20 m
Climate:	tropical; 33°N - 27°S
Global Importance:	fisheries: minor commercial; aquarium: commercial
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K>1)
Distribution:	Eastern Indian Ocean and Western Pacific: throughout the southeastern Indian Ocean, including Cocos-Keeling Islands and northwestern Australia, and from the Ryukyu Islands to the Marshall Islands and Vanuatu. Record from the Andaman Islands is unconfirmed. Referred to as Scolopsis cancellatus by most authors.
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 10-10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-9; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 7-7. Head scales reaching forward to or just in front of level of anterior margin of eye. Lower limb of preopercle naked. Antrorse (forward-directed) suborbital spine absent. Pelvic fins long, reaching beyond level of anus. Color: Upper body olive brown, silvery-white below. 3 yellowish white stripes along head and body. Juveniles white, with 3 black bands on upper half of body, interspace between lower pair of yellow bands; black spot between first three dorsal spines.
Biology:	Common on coral reefs usually associated with sandy areas. Adults inhabit outer lagoon reef flats and seaward reefs flats, often in groups. Juveniles are found singly near the shelter of corals on clear shallow lagoon reefs (Ref. 9710). Adults form schools or small groups (Ref. 48635). Feeds on small fishes, crustaceans (Ref. 9710) and benthic invertebrates, primarily polychaetes (Ref. 37816)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
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Main Ref:	Russell, B.C.. 1990. (Ref. 3810)
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Indonesia country information
Common names:	Pasir-pasir, Striped spinecheek	Ref: Kuiter, R.H. and T. Tonozuka, 2001
Status:	native	Ref: Kunzmann, A., J.E. Randall and I. Suprihanto, 1998
Salinity:	marine
Importance:	subsistence fisheries	Ref:
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Type locality: Waigeo (Ref. 48635). Known from Mentawai Islands (Ref. 27157). Also recorded from Raja Ampat Islands, Bali, Maumere Bay, Komodo, Manado and vicinity, Pulau Seribu, Pulau Bintan, Sangalakki Island, Togean and Banggai Islands and Pulau Weh; with an Indonesian distribution from Papua to Sumatra (Ref. 47567). Museum: NTM S.11002-001, from Bali Strait to Timor Sea (Ref. 5978). Ref. 394 (p. 322-323) recorded that in the island of Waigeou in the early 1800s, this fish occurred in small brackish rivers where it was caught by slapping the water surface and stunning the disturbed individuals with the light of a torch.
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/id.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences Point map
Main Ref:	Russell, B.C., 1990
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Modified: Santos, Kristine

Entered: Carpenter, Kent E.

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Page created by: Eli, 20.10.03, last modified by Eli, 26.06.07

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