Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Yellowstripe Monocle Bream
Scolopsis aurata
Yellowstripe Monocle Bream
Category: Coral Breams
Scientific Name: Scolopsis aurata
Size: Up to 12 in. (30 cm)  
Depth: 10-130 ft. (3-40 m)
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Eupercaria (Order)
     └Nemipteridae (Family) Coral Breams
      └Scolopsis (Genus)
       └S. aurata (Species)
WoRMS ID: 276784🔗
iNaturalist ID: 359334🔗

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