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Oblique-barred monocle bream
Scolopsis xenochrous
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Oblique-barred monocle bream
- Scientific
- Scolopsis xenochrous
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 22 cm (total length); commonly 14 cm
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 5 to 50 m (usually 15 to 50 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2018
Description
A monocle bream, greyish brown above and silvery below, with a pearly-blue streak along the back and an oblique blue bar above the pectoral fin, reaching about 22 cm. It lives around rubble and seaweed on reef slopes.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Scolopsis-xenochrous.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Perl-streaked_monocle_bream_(Scolopsis_xenochroa)_(41429129
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.