Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Teleostei (Subclass) > Acanthuriformes (Order) > Nemipteridae (Family) > Scolopsis (Genus)

Scolopsis rayé, Lined monocle bream, Green-lined spine-cheek, Latticed monocle-bream, Lined spinecheek, Lined spine-cheek, Striped monocle bream, Striped spinecheek, Stribet monokelbrasen, Yokoshima-tamagashira, Yokosuji-tamagashira, ヨコシマタマガシラ, 紅海鯽, 珊紋眶棘鱸, 黃帶赤尾冬,

Étymologie
Scolopsis : du Grec, scolops = écharde, aiguillon désigne également un bois pointu ou fait en pointe, pieu + du Grec ancien, óps = œil, face, qui à l'apparence de. Le nom de genre, créé en 1814 par Georges Cuvier, "tien à son caractère tout particulier, c'est que le deuxième sous-orbitaire se termine par un lobe arrondi et ordinairement dentelé, portant à son angle joignant l'orbite une pointe épineuse, dirigée en arrière, qui se croise le plus souvent avec une autre pointe, donnée par le troisième sous-orbitaire dirigée en avant, mais quelque-fois cachée par la peau". Histoire Naturelle des poissons - Tome 5 - 1830 - Chapitre XII p327.
Lineata : du Latin, lineatus, a, um = rayé, marqué de lignes, qui a des raies. Nom donné en référence aux trois bandes noirâtres sur le haut du corps des juvéniles (blanc jaunâtre chez les adultes).
Description originale : Scolopsis lineatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 - Localité type : petite rivière saumâtre sur l'île de Waigeo, Archipel de Raja Ampat, Indonésie.

Synonymes
Scolopsides cancellatus (Cuvier, 1830)
Scolopsis cancellatus (Cuvier, 1830)
Scolopsis lineatis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
Scolopsis lineatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

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Description
Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9-10; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7-8; Pectroral ray: 15-17; Lateral line scales: 40-46; Scales rows between lateral line and dorsal fin base: 3. Suborbital naked, with large backward-pointing spine below eye and series of smaller spines or serrations on rear margin; Preopercle margin coarsely denticulate or serrate; No canines; Snout length less than eye diameter. Max. length: 25.0 cm TL, common length: 13.0 cm SL. Depth range: 1 - 20 m.

Color
Body dark olive-brown above, silvery white below; Three horizontal pale yellow bands on upper body: along dorsal profile, from top of eye to end of dorsal fin, from operculum to below dorsal fins; In larger fish, white vertical bars are visible between these bands. Fins white or dusky, young fish with white sport anteriorly on dorsal fin, pectoral fin pink.

Etymology
Scolopsis: from Greek, scolops or skolos = splinter, sting also designates a pointed or pointed wood, stake + from ancient Greek, óps = eye, face, which has the appearance of. The genus name, created in 1814 by Georges Cuvier, “is due to its very particular character, which is that the second sub-orbital terminates in a rounded and usually serrated lobe, bearing at its angle joining the orbit a spiny point, directed backwards, which most often crosses with another point, given by the third sub-orbital directed forwards, but sometimes hidden by the skin”. Histoire Naturelle des poissons - Tome 5 - 1830 - Chapter XII p327.
lineata: from Latin, lineatus, a, um = lined. Referring to three blackish stripes on upper body of juveniles (yellowish-white on adults).
Originale description: Scolopsis lineatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 - Type locality: small brackish rivers of Waigeo or Waigiou, Indonesia.

Distribution
Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Andaman Sea and Cocos-Keeling Islands, east to Caroline Islands and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to Kochi Prefecture (Japan), south to northern Australia and New Caledonia.

Biology
Common on coral reefs usually associated with sandy areas. Adults inhabit outer lagoon reef flats and seaward reefs flats, often in groups. Juveniles are found singly near the shelter of corals on clear shallow lagoon reefs. Adults form schools or small groups. Feeds on small fishes, crustaceans and benthic invertebrates, primarily polychaetes.