Monotaxis grandoculis
Monotaxis grandoculis, the humpnose big-eye bream, bigeye barenose, bigeye bream, or bigeye emperor, is a species of emperor fish native to the Indian Ocean and the West and Central Pacific Ocean to the Hawaiian Islands.[1][2] It inhabits areas with sand or rubble substrates adjacent to coral reefs at depths of from 1 to 100 metres (3.3 to 328.1 ft), mostly between 5 to 30 metres (16 to 98 ft). This species can reach a length of 60 centimetres (24 in) TL though most do not exceed 40 centimetres (16 in). It has been recorded to reach a weight of 6.71 kilograms (14.8 lb). This species is commercially important as a food fish and is also popular as a game fish. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Lethrinidae |
| Genus: | Monotaxis |
| Species: | M. grandoculis |
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| Monotaxis grandoculis (Forsskål, 1775) | |
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References
- Carpenter, K.E.; Lawrence, A. & Myers, R. (2016). "Monotaxis grandoculis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T16720607A16722460. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T16720607A16722460.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2020). "Monotaxis grandoculis" in FishBase. April 2020 version.
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