Parascolopsis melanophrys

Parascolopsis melanophrys, commonly known as dwarf monocle bream, is a fish found in West Timor, Indonesia and Sabah, Malaysia in the Western Central Pacific.[1] This species reaches a length of 17.7 cm (7.0 in).[2]

Parascolopsis melanophrys
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P. melanophrys
Binomial name
Parascolopsis melanophrys
B. C. Russell & P. K. Chin, 1996

References

  1. Russell, B.C. and P.K. Chin, 1996. Parascolopsis melanophrys, a new species of dwarf monocle bream (Teleostei: Nemipteridae) from the Indo-Malayan Archipelago. Raffles Bull. Zool. 44(2):415-418.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Parascolopsis melanophrys" in FishBase. 6 2015 version.




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