Parascolopsis eriomma
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Spariformes |
| Family: | Nemipteridae |
| Genus: | Parascolopsis |
| Species: | P. eriomma
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| Binomial name | |
| Parascolopsis eriomma (D. S. Jordan & R. E. Richardson, 1909)
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Parascolopsis eriomma, commonly known as rosy dwarf monocle bream, is a fish native to the Indian and western Pacific Oceans.[1]
Appearance
Parascolopsis eriomma has a rosy-coloured back with a diffuse yellow longitudinal band right along the middle of its side. It can grow to 30cm in length.[2]
Habitat and distribution
This bream inhabits offshore trawling grounds in waters throughout the Indo-West Pacific.[2]
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Parascolopsis eriomma" in FishBase. 6 2015 version.
- ^ a b Allen, Gerry (2000). Marine Fishes of South-East Asia. Singapore: Periplus Editions ltd. p. 138. ISBN 978-962-953-267-3.
- Miyamoto, K., C.D. McMahan and A. Kaneko, 2020. Parascolopsis akatamae, a new species of dwarf monocle bream (Perciformes: Nemipteridae) from the Indo-West Pacific, with redescription of closely related species P. eriomma. Zootaxa 4881(1):91-103.
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