Three-Lined Monocle Bream

Scientific Name: Scolopsis trilineatus
Family: Coral Breams - Nemipteridae
Maximum Size: 25cm
Identification: Shades of gray; 3 white to yellowish curving lines extend from eye to back and base of dorsal fin, dark band between eyes with bluish band above.
Favourite: Solitary or form groups.
Hide-out: Sheltered coastal reefs and lagoons in 1-10m.
Location: West Pacific - Central Indonesia to Samoa. Philippines to Great Barrier Reef.

Striped Monocle Bream

Scientific Name: Scolopsis lineatus
Family: Coral Breams - Nemipteridae
Maximum Size: 25cm
Identification: Dark gray to blackish upper body with 2-3 white stripes and irregular whitish bars, white below.
Favourite: Solitary or form groups.
Hide-out: Sandy fringe of coastal reefs, lagoons and seaward slopes in 1-20m.
Location: East Indo-West Pacific - Andaman Sea to Vanuatu and Gilbert Is. S.W. Japan to Great Barrier Reef.

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.