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Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Nemipteridae (Threadfin breams, Whiptail breams)
Etymology: Scolopsis: Greek, skolex = worm + Greek, opsis = appearance (Ref. 45335); meridiana: Name from Latin 'meridiana' meaning 'south', referring to the southern distribution of the species..

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Marine; demersal; depth range 18 - 86 m (Ref. 118677). Tropical; 7°S - 25°S, 113°E - 148°E (Ref. 120866)

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Indo-West Pacific: Northern Australia (Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia to North Palm Island, Queensland)

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 22.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 118677)

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Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 7. This species is distinguished by the following combination of characters: absence of antrorse spine below eye; dorsal scaled area on head reaching anteriorly to between the anterior margin of eye and anterior nostril; no scales on bony opercular ridge and lower limb of preopercle; lateral-line scales 46-48; pectoral-fin rays 17-18; upper part of pectoral-fin base with a reddish blotch when fresh; two blue bands across dorsum of snout; preserved specimens with 18-20 brown diagonal lines on body; posterior nostril usually elongate horizontally, its horizontal diameter 100.0-155.6% (mean 114.8%) of vertical diameter; deep caudal peduncle, its depth 11.4-13.1% (12.2%) of SL; pre-dorsal-fin length 31.4-36.4% (33.9%) of SL (Ref. 118677).

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Nakamura, J., B.C. Russell, G.I. Moore and H. Motomura, 2018. Scolopsis meridiana, a new species of monocle bream (Perciformes: Nemipteridae) from northern Australia. Zootaxa 4500(2). (Ref. 118677)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 12 July 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Scolopsis meridiana Nakamura, Russell, Moore & Motomura, 2018