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] as well as in the Philippines.[2] This species reaches a length of 17.7 cm (7.0 in).[3]
| Parascolopsis melanophrys | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Spariformes |
| Family: | Nemipteridae |
| Genus: | Parascolopsis |
| Species: | P. melanophrys |
| Binomial name | |
| Parascolopsis melanophrys B. C. Russell & P. K. Chin, 1996 | |
References
- 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.
- Gumanao, G.S., K.J.S. Gumanao and A.R. Bos (2022) Eight new records of marine fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes and Tetraodontiformes) from the Philippines. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. UK 102(1-2):133–137.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Parascolopsis melanophrys" in FishBase. 6 2015 version.
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