Pearl-Streaked Monocle Bream

Scientific Name: Scolopsis xenochrous
Family: Coral Breams - Nemipteridae
Maximum Size: 25cm
Identification: Brownish body with pale underside; brown-edged diagonal blue streak behind head followed by a series of brown spots and elongate pearly streak.
Favourite: Solitary or form groups.
Hide-out: Rubble areas of coastal reefs, lagoons and outer slopes in 5-50m.
Location: Indo-Asian Pacific - Maldives to Solomon Is. Taiwan to Australia.