FB-70495 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70495 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Anguilliformes Ophichthidae Ichthyapus Ichthyapus acutirostris Brisout de Barneville, 1847 Sizi de cara branca Silwerflits stekelwang Bettana Brayem Hasseyeh Silverflash spinecheek Whitecheek monocle bream Ambity Bir-birtoy Changu chole Changu-chole Gege-muamba Scolopsides kurita Cuvier, 1829 Scolopsides rupellii Cuvier, 1830 Scolopsides ruppelii Cuvier, 1830 Scolopsis kurite Rüppell, 1828 Scolopsis vosmeri (non Bloch, 1792) 2024-01-22 2024-01-22 Rüppell, W.P.E.S.0 Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Afrika. Fische des Rothen Meeres. Frankfurt am Main. 141 p. (Part I (1828):1-26, Pls. 1-6; Part II (1829):27-94, Pls. 7-24; Part III (1830):95-141, Pls. 25-35). (Ref. 666) Bianchi, G.0 FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the commercial marine and brackish-water species of Tanzania. 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Gabr0 Survey of the demersal fishes from southern Saudi Arabia, with five new records for the Red Sea. Zootaxa 3852(4):401-437. (Ref. 99978) Golani, D. and R. Fricke0 Checklist of the Red Sea fishes with delineation of the Gulf of Suez, Gulf of Aqaba, endemism and Lessepsian migrants. Zootaxa 4509(1):1-215. (Ref. 120578) Russell, B.C., S.V. Bogorodsky, A.O. Mal, K.K. Bineesh and T.J. Alpermann0 The taxonomic identity of the monocle bream <i>Scolopsis vosmeri</i> species complex (Perciformes: Nemipteridae), with comments on molecular phylogenetic relationships within the genus <i>Scolopsis</i>. Zootaxa 5105(4):501-538. (Ref. 130620) FB-pic-70504-8939 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1996-02-21 2025-09-05 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70504 http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Scvos_u3.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Scvos_u3.jpg FB-GeneralDescr-70504 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-01-24 00:00:00 2025-09-04 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70504 Occurs over mud bottoms near reefs or in open sand areas in turbid waters and usually observed underwater solitary or in pairs (Ref. 130620). Russell, B.C., S.V. Bogorodsky, A.O. Mal, K.K. Bineesh and T.J. Alpermann 2022 The taxonomic identity of the monocle bream <i>Scolopsis vosmeri</i> species complex (Perciformes: Nemipteridae), with comments on molecular phylogenetic relationships within the genus <i>Scolopsis</i>. Zootaxa 5105(4):501-538. (Ref. 130620) FB-DiagnosticDescr-70504 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2025-09-04 00:00:00 2025-09-09 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70504 This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: head is scaly except for subopercle which is naked with numerous small pores; scales on top of the head reaching forward to between the anterior nostrils and snout tip; lower margin of the eye tangent to a line from snout tip to upper pectoral-fin base; suborbital with a large retrorse spine (a small antrorse spine may also be present on third infraorbital, immediately above suborbital spine); posterior margin of the preopercle is rugose, bearing one or two rows of short blunt spines along its length; second anal-fin spine is longer and more robust than first or third anal-fin spines. Colouration: most body scales, except for breast and caudal peduncle, with greenish yellow spot (spots darker in live fish); caudal peduncle often yellowish; with a broad white bar from nape onto operculum; suborbital with obscure, rectangular, white patch; white band beneath lateralline never present; the upper limb of opercular margin blackish, while lower limb reddish orange; upper base of pectoral fin with a small wedge-shaped dark spot; fins are yellow (Ref. 130620). Russell, B.C., S.V. Bogorodsky, A.O. Mal, K.K. Bineesh and T.J. Alpermann 2022 The taxonomic identity of the monocle bream <i>Scolopsis vosmeri</i> species complex (Perciformes: Nemipteridae), with comments on molecular phylogenetic relationships within the genus <i>Scolopsis</i>. Zootaxa 5105(4):501-538. (Ref. 130620) FB-Morphology-70504 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2025-09-04 00:00:00 2025-09-09 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70504 Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 7 Russell, B.C., S.V. Bogorodsky, A.O. Mal, K.K. Bineesh and T.J. Alpermann 2022 The taxonomic identity of the monocle bream <i>Scolopsis vosmeri</i> species complex (Perciformes: Nemipteridae), with comments on molecular phylogenetic relationships within the genus <i>Scolopsis</i>. Zootaxa 5105(4):501-538. (Ref. 130620) FB-Distribution-70504 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-01-24 00:00:00 2025-09-09 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70504 Western Indian Ocean: from the Arabian/Persian Gulf to the Red Sea, south to South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) and Madagascar, eastwards throughout the Arabian Sea. North Eastern indian Ocean: Bay of Bengal to the Andaman Sea. Russell, B.C., S.V. Bogorodsky, A.O. Mal, K.K. Bineesh and T.J. Alpermann 2022 The taxonomic identity of the monocle bream <i>Scolopsis vosmeri</i> species complex (Perciformes: Nemipteridae), with comments on molecular phylogenetic relationships within the genus <i>Scolopsis</i>. Zootaxa 5105(4):501-538. (Ref. 130620) FB-Size-70504 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-01-24 00:00:00 2025-09-04 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70504 16.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 130620)) Russell, B.C., S.V. Bogorodsky, A.O. Mal, K.K. Bineesh and T.J. Alpermann 2022 The taxonomic identity of the monocle bream <i>Scolopsis vosmeri</i> species complex (Perciformes: Nemipteridae), with comments on molecular phylogenetic relationships within the genus <i>Scolopsis</i>. Zootaxa 5105(4):501-538. (Ref. 130620) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-70504 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-01-24 00:00:00 2025-09-04 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70504 reef-associated; marine; depth range 1 - 45 m (Ref. 130620) Russell, B.C., S.V. Bogorodsky, A.O. Mal, K.K. Bineesh and T.J. Alpermann 2022 The taxonomic identity of the monocle bream <i>Scolopsis vosmeri</i> species complex (Perciformes: Nemipteridae), with comments on molecular phylogenetic relationships within the genus <i>Scolopsis</i>. Zootaxa 5105(4):501-538. (Ref. 130620)