Saltwater
Two-lined monocle bream
Scolopsis bilineata
Nemipteridae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 25 cm
- Body shape
- Streamlined
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 375 liters
- Diet
- Missing
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Behavior
- Temperament
- Missing
- Swims
- Missing
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Water values
Smallest tank
Range
Native
Lives wild in Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Fiji, Guam, Hong Kong SAR China, and 24 more countries.
More about the species
Description
Common on coral reefs. Adults occur on most reef habitats, usually in pairs, and juveniles inshore or in lagoons or rubble zones. Occurs singly or in small aggregations. Feeds on small fishes and benthic invertebrates. A protogynous hermaphrodite. Juvenile mimics poison-fanged blenny Miacanthus grammistes, Batesian mimic. Caught mainly by handline and live specimens captured by hand net for the aquarium export trade; no major fishery exists. It is parasitised by the monogenean Anoplodiscus hutsonae on the pectoral fins and body surface.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Anthias bilineatus
- Lutjanus ellipticus
- Pentapodus frenatus
- Perca frenata
- Scalopsis bilineatus
- Scolopsis bilineatus
In other languages
- Dobbeltlinjet monokelbrasen
- Bridled monacle bream, Bridled monocle bream, Bridled spine-cheek, Bridled spinecheek, Double lined coral bream, Monocle bream, Two lined monode bream, Two-line monocle bream, Two-line monocle-bream, Twoline spinecheek, Yellow-finned spine-cheek
Articles
All articles
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.