#2376 · 🐟 fish
Bridled Monocle Bream
Scolopsis bilineata
📍 East Nusa Tenggara, ID
📍 Ishigaki isl. Ryukyu islands, Japan.
📍 Îles Phi Phi, Province de Krabi, Thaïlande
📍 Ocean Wing, Lapu-Lapu, Cebu, Philippines
📍 South Pacifc Ocean
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © John Sear · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Frank Krasovec · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © craigjhowe · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Mark Rosenstein · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Pierre-Louis Stenger · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. East Nusa Tenggara, ID:© Sol Foo · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Ishigaki isl. Ryukyu islands, Japan.:© Carmelo López Abad · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Îles Phi Phi, Province de Krabi, Thaïlande:© Donald Davesne · CC BY 4.0
- 9. Ocean Wing, Lapu-Lapu, Cebu, Philippines:© Kent Ross · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. South Pacifc Ocean:© Simon Nicholas · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The two-lined monocle bream ( Scolopsis bilineata ) is a species of threadfin bream native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. 0 ft). They are carnivorous, preying on smaller fishes, as well as benthic invertebrates. 1 in). This species is sought-after...
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 3,713 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Marcus Elieser Bloch in 1793 (233 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Bridled Monocle Bream
- scientific name
- Scolopsis bilineata
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Acanthuriformes
- family
- Nemipteridae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 3,713
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1793 by Marcus Elieser Bloch
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 471636, Wikidata Q2415683, GBIF 2380123, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.