Blue-Lined Large-Eye Bream

Scientific Name: Gymnocranius grandoculis
Family: Emperors - Lethrinidae
Maximum Size: 80cm
Identification: Juvenile - Silvery gray; several faint thin bars on side, eye bar. Adult - Unmarked except wavy blue lines on cheek; no yellowish tint on snout.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Sand or rubble bottoms in 15-100m.
Location: Indo-Pacific - Red Sea and E. Africa to Tuamotu Is. in French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to N.W. & S.E. Australia.