Sealife guideThe whitecheek monocle breamScolopsis vosmeri

Last updated on 06/11/2024 at 11:50 PM

Taxonomy

Common name: Whitecheek monocle bream
French name: Mamila à joues blanches, scolopsis à joues blanches
Spanish name: Besugato cariblanco
Scientific name: Scolopsis vosmeri (Bloch, 1792)
Family name: Nemipteridae
Order name: Perciformes
Class name: Actinopterygii

Did you know ?

The whitecheek monocle bream is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The whitecheek monocle bream appears in the IUCN Red List since 2019 within the category Least Concern !

The whitecheek monocle bream (Scolopsis vosmeri) © Diverstef | Dreamstime.com

Within the same genus

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