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''Monotaxis '' is a
genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
emperors An emperor (from la, imperator, via fro, empereor) is a monarch, and usually the sovereignty, sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. Empress, the female equivalent, may indicate an emperor's wife (empress consort), ...
found in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans.


Species

There are two recognized species in the genus ''Monotaxis'': * ''
Monotaxis grandoculis ''Monotaxis grandoculis'', the humpnose big-eye bream, bigeye barenose, bigeye bream, or bigeye emperor, is a species of emperor fish native to the Indian Ocean and the West and Central Pacific Ocean to the Hawaiian Islands. It inhabits areas wit ...
'' (Forsskål, 1775) (Humpnose big-eye bream) * '' Monotaxis heterodon'' (
Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Lethrinidae   {{Perciformes-stub