Pearly Monocle Bream (species: Scolopsis margaritifera) in Lizard Island Field Guide (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Scolopsis margaritifera
Pearly Monocle Bream


©Lyle Vail: Scolopsis margaritifera at the lagoon entrance, Lizard Island.

©Andy Lewis: Pearly Monocle Bream at Lizard Island

©Anne Hoggett: Pearly Monocle Bream in Lizard Island lagoon

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Nemipteridae
Genus Scolopsis
Species Scolopsis margaritifera

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 28 cm (Length of specimen)

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

References that assist with identification

  • Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene (1990). Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Other references

  • Bruce, N.L. (1986). Australian Pleopodias Richardson, 1910, and Anilocra Leach, 1818 (Isopoda: Cymothoidae), crustacean parasites of marine fishes, Records of the Australian Museum, 39: 85-130. LIRS catalog number 221.
  • Grutter, A.S. and R. Poulin (1998). Intraspecific and interspecific relationships between host size and the abundance of parasitic larval gnathiid isopods on coral reef fishes, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 164: 263-271. LIRS catalog number 544.
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