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''Scolopsis'' 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
threadfin bream Nemipteridae are a family of fishes within the order Perciformes. They are known as threadfin breams, whiptail breams and false snappers. They are found in tropical waters of the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. Most species are benthic carni ...
s native to the
Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by th ...
and the western
Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...
.


Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are: * '' Scolopsis affinis'' W. K. H. Peters, 1877 (Peters' monocle bream) * '' Scolopsis aurata'' ( M. Park, 1797) (yellowstripe monocle bream) * '' Scolopsis bilineata'' (
Bloch Bloch is a surname of German origin. Notable people with this surname include: A–F * (1859-1914), French rabbi *Adele Bloch-Bauer (1881-1925), Austrian entrepreneur *Albert Bloch (1882–1961), American painter * (born 1972), German motor journal ...
, 1793)
(two-lined monocle bream) * '' Scolopsis bimaculata'' Rüppell, 1828 (thumbprint monocle bream) * '' Scolopsis ciliata'' ( Lacépède, 1802) (saw-jawed monocle bream) * '' Scolopsis frenata'' (
G. Cuvier Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, Baron Cuvier (; 23 August 1769 – 13 May 1832), known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology". Cuvier was a major figure in nat ...
, 1830)
(bridled monocle bream) * '' Scolopsis ghanam'' ( Forsskål, 1775) (Arabian monocle bream) * '' Scolopsis igcarensis''
Mishra Mishra is a surname found among Hindu Brahmin, in the northern, eastern, western and central parts of India and in Nepal. Army personnel * Avijit Misra – Colonel in Indian Army * B. D. Mishra – former brigadier of the Indian Army, 19th Gov ...
, S. Biswas, B. C. Russell, Satpathy & Selvanyagam, 2013
(Igcar monocle bream) * '' Scolopsis lineata'' Quoy &
Gaimard Joseph Paul Gaimard (31 January 1793 – 10 December 1858) was a French naval surgeon and naturalist. Biography Gaimard was born at Saint-Zacharie on January 31, 1793. He studied medicine at the naval medical school in Toulon, subsequent ...
, 1824
(striped monocle bream) * ''
Scolopsis margaritifera ''Scolopsis margaritifera'', commonly known as pearly monocle bream, is a fish native to the western Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in th ...
'' (
G. Cuvier Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, Baron Cuvier (; 23 August 1769 – 13 May 1832), known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology". Cuvier was a major figure in nat ...
, 1830)
(pearly monocle bream) * '' Scolopsis monogramma'' (G. Cuvier, 1830) (monogrammed monocle bream) * '' Scolopsis taeniata'' (G. Cuvier, 1830) (black-streaked monocle bream) * ''
Scolopsis taenioptera ''Scolopsis'' is a genus of threadfin breams native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Species The currently recognized species in this genus are: * ''Scolopsis affinis'' Wilhelm Peters, W. K. H. Peters, 1877 (Peters' monocle bre ...
'' (G. Cuvier, 1830) (lattice monocle bream) * ''
Scolopsis temporalis ''Scolopsis'' is a genus of threadfin breams native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. Species The currently recognized species in this genus are: * ''Scolopsis affinis'' W. K. H. Peters, 1877 (Peters' monocle bream) * ''Scolop ...
'' (G. Cuvier, 1830) (bald-spot monocle bream) * '' Scolopsis trilineata'' Kner, 1868 (three-lined monocle bream) * '' Scolopsis vosmeri'' (Bloch, 1792) (whitecheek monocle bream) * '' Scolopsis xenochroa'' Günther, 1872 (oblique-barred monocle bream)


References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2309569 Marine fish genera Taxa named by Georges Cuvier