Yellowstripe Monocle Bream

Scientific Name: Scolopsis auratus
Family: Coral Breams - Nemipteridae
Maximum Size: 30cm
Identification: Yellowish to greenish to bluish pale gray upper body and whitish belly; broad yellow mid-lateral stripe, dark diffuse band between eyes.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Sandy bottoms of lagoons and coastal reefs in 1-30m.
Location: East Indian Ocean - Maldives, Sri Lanka, Andaman Sea to W. Sumatra and S. Java.