Monocle bream, White-band spinecheek, White-cheeked monocle-bream, Whitecheek monocle bream, Scolopsis à joues blanches.

Biology
Benthic in inshore waters, usually on sand or mud bottoms close to reefs, as well as offshore areas. Seen solitary, but may school deep. Feeds on benthic organisms. Marketed fresh, salted, smoked or processed into fish balls.

description
Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7. Head scales reaching to anterior nostrils. Lower limb f preopercle scaly. Antrorse (forward-directed) suborbital spine present beneath eye. Pelvic fins long, reaching to or just beyond level of anus. Axillary scale present. Color: Variable, usually brownish with a reddish-purple tinge. A broad white vertical bar from top of head onto opercle. Opercular membrane blood-red. Fins greyish with a tinge of red.

Synonyme
Anthias japonicus (Bloch, 1793)
Anthias vosmeri (Bloch, 1792)
Pomacentrus enneodactylus (Lacepède, 1802)
Scolopsides collaris (Günther, 1859)
Scolopsides kate (Cuvier, 1829)
Scolopsides pomotis (Richardson, 1846)
Scolopsides rupellii (Cuvier, 1830)
Scolopsides torquatus (Cuvier, 1830)
Scolopsis argyrosomus (Kuhl & Van Hasselt, 1830)
Scolopsis kurite (Rüppell, 1828)
Scolopsis torquata (Cuvier, 1830)
Scolopsis vosmaeri (Bloch, 1792)