Rainbow Monocle Bream

Scientific Name: Scolopsis temporalis
Family: Coral Breams - Nemipteridae
Maximum Size: 40cm
Identification: Gray back with pale blue to white stripe and wider bright stripe below; pair of blue bands between eyes, darkish spot behind upper rear eye, narrow orange line on cheek.
Favourite: Solitary or form groups.
Hide-out: Mixed sand of coastal and lagoon reefs to 35m.
Location: West Pacific - E. Sulawesi and Molucca Is. in Indonesia to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Is., Vanuatu and Fiji.