Yellowstripe monocle bream
Scolopsis aurata
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Yellowstripe monocle bream
- Scientific
- Scolopsis aurata
- Dhivehi
- ދޮންފައްޓާ ކަނޑުއުނިޔަDhon fattaa kandu uniya
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 26 cm (total length); commonly 18 cm (FishBase); MRS 1997 gives max. 21 cm
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 30 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2018
Description
A monocle bream with a silvery-white body, a dusky blue back, a broad golden-yellow stripe from behind the eye to the tail and a golden tail, with a thin pale blue line between the eyes. It hovers close to the bottom over sand within reefs and feeds on small crustaceans. It is an Indian Ocean species.
In the Maldives
Dhivehi name dhon fattaa kandu uniya (MRS 1997). MRS notes that monocle breams are common in the Maldives.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Scolopsis-aurata.html
- fao.org /4/AD471E/AD471E00.htm
- dv.wikipedia.org /wiki/މުށި_ރޮނޑު
- dv.wikipedia.org /wiki/ދޮންފައްޓާ_ކަނޑުއުނިޔަ
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Scolopsis_auratus_-_1774-1804_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoolog
Dhivehi name source: M.R.S. (1997) Fishes of the Maldives (FAO/BOBP MAG/21) gives 'Dhon fattaa kandu uniya' (Latin form). Thaana from the Dhivehi Wikipedia article 'ދޮންފައްޓާ ކަނޑުއުނިޔަ' (derived from the MRS 1997 Dhivehi edition); it matches the Latin form. Dhivehi Wikipedia also has: މުށި ރޮނޑު. FLAG: the source states no traditional name was recorded and this descriptive name was coined for the book; it is not an established fishermen's name.