Two-lined Monocle Bream

Scolopsis bilineata

Bislamapule— names this kind of animal, not this species alone

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Habitat: Reef
Max size: 25 cm
Depth: 1-25 m
Family: Nemipteridae

Scolopsis bilineata, the two-lined monocle bream, bridled monocle bream, bridled spinecheek, double-lined coral bream or yellow-finned spine-cheek, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Nemipteridae, the threadfin breams. This species is found in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans.

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Easily confused with

Side by side, with what tells them apart.

The young are the ones mixed up: both are striped black and yellow on the upper half, with a black mark on the dorsal fin -- the Two-lined Monocle Bream's young copy a venomous fangblenny. Adults are easier. The two-lined has a black-edged white band that arches from below the eye to the middle of the dorsal fin, and a white blotch below the rear of the dorsal fin. The Striped Monocle Bream has three yellowish-white stripes along an olive-brown back.

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