Saw-jawed monocle bream (Scolopsis ciliata)

Scientific name: Scolopsis ciliata Lacep?de, 1802

Saw-jawed monocle bream (Scolopsis ciliata)

The Saw-jawed monocle bream (Scolopsis ciliata) is a brackish-water fish of the family Nemipteridae. Native range: Indo-West Pacific, Andaman Sea, Ryukyu Islands, Philippines, Indonesia, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-9; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7 - 8; Vertebrae: 24. Body is olive above and white below, with a silvery-white stripe on the back beneath the dorsal fin. A row of golden yellow spots are on the sides, mid laterally from behind the tip of the pectoral fin to the caudal peduncle. The upper and lower edges of the caudal fins are reddish.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Scolopsis ciliata
Family
Nemipteridae (Threadfin breams, Whiptail breams)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
19.0
Common length
10.0
Environment
Marine; brackish; reef-associated
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: Andaman Sea, Ryukyu Islands, Philippines, Indonesia, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: subsistence fisheries
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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