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Scolopsis vosmeri (Bloch, 1792)

Whitecheek monocle bream
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Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Oman country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: misidentification
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: of potential interest | Ref: Al-Abdessalaam, T.Z.S., 1995
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Reports probably referring to Scolopsis curite, part of the S. vosmeri species complex (see Ref. 130620). Common in markets but of minimal commercial importance. Edible, with foreseen potential of expansion in Omani fisheries. Caught using traps, handlines and bottom trawls (Ref. 9773).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mu.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Russell, B. C., S. V. Bogorodsky, A. O. Mal, K. K. Bineesh and T. J. Alpermann, 2022
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Nemipteridae (Threadfin breams, Whiptail breams)
Etymology: Scolopsis: Name from the Greek masculine noun 'skolos' meaning 'thorn' and suffix '-opsis' (from Greek feminine n. 'opsis' meaning 'aspect', 'appearance') meaning ‘thorny appearance’ presumably referring to 'les dentelures de la préopercule, en ont aussi, et même d'épineuses, aux sous-orbitaires' mentioned by Cuvier (1814) in his designation of the genus. Name ending in -'opsis' are treated as feminine according to ICZN 1999: Article 30.1.2 (Ref. 130620);  vosmeri: Name from the acronym of the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam, where it was first collected..
  More on author: Bloch.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marinhas associadas(os) a recifes; intervalo de profundidade 2 - 25 m (Ref. 9710).   Tropical

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