Green-striped coral bream

The green-striped coral bream, Scaevius milii, is a species of threadfin bream native to the western Pacific Ocean. An inhabitant of reefs, this species can be found down to about 20 metres (66 ft). This species grows to a length of 20 cm (7.9 in), though most are only about 15 cm (5.9 in). This species is only of minor importance to local commercial fisheries, and is the only known member of its genus.[1]

Green-striped coral bream
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Perciformes
Family:
Nemipteridae
Genus:
Scaevius

Whitley, 1947
Species:
S. milii
Binomial name
Scaevius milii
Synonyms
  • Cantharus milii Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1823
  • Scolopsis longulus J. Richardson, 1842
  • Maenoides cyanotaeniatus J. Richardson, 1843
  • Scaevius nicanor Whitley, 1947

References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Scaevius milii" in FishBase. February 2014 version.


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