Saltwater
Humpnose big-eye bream
Monotaxis grandoculis
Lethrinidae, Monotaxinae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 60 cm
- Body shape
- Streamlined
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 4,545 liters
- Diet
- Missing
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Behavior
Water values
Smallest tank
Range
Native
Lives wild in Admiralty Is., American Samoa, Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, and 61 more countries.
More about the species
Description
Found in sand and rubble areas near coral reefs. Solitary fish are often encountered, but large adults usually form aggregations of up to about 50 individuals. Solitary or in groups. Benthopelagic. Nocturnal feeders. Feed mainly on gastropods, ophiuroids, and echinoids. Pagurids and brachyuran crabs, polychaetes, tunicates, and holothurians are consumed in lesser quantities. Caught mainly with gillnets, traps, spears, and handlines. Marketed fresh. Ciguatoxic in Marshall Is.. Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 128797.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Lethrinus latidens
- Monotaxis grandocculis
- Monotaxis grandocularis
- Monotaxis grandoculus
- Monotaxis indica
- Sciaena grandoculis
In other languages
- Pukkelnæset storøjebrasen
- Big-eye bream, Bigeye barenose, Bigeye bream, Bigeye emperor, Bigeye seabream, Emperor, Grand-eyed porgy fish, Hump-nosed bigeye bream, Humpnose bigeye-bream, Humpnose sea-bream, Large-eye bream, Large-eyed sea bream, Levovagan, Roundtooth large-eye bream
Articles
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Temperament, fin nippers, fish that eat other fish, and fish that need the same water. And what the Harmony mark in the app means.
How to add new fish4 min read
From the store to the tank: how to get the fish used to your water, why you should add only a few at a time, and what to watch for in the first few days.
Quarantine for new fish3 min read
Why new fish should live in a tank of their own for a few weeks before they move in, what you need, and what to look for.
From freshwater to saltwater3 min read
What is different in a saltwater aquarium: salt, refractometer, live rock and corals. An introduction for anyone thinking of giving it a try.