Bigeye Emperor
Monotaxis grandoculis
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 2,289
- Most observed in
- 🇪🇬 Egypt
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
Monotaxis grandoculis, commonly known as the humpnose big-eye bream, bigeye barenose, bigeye bream, bigeye emperor, grand-eyed porgy fish, humpnose sea-bream, large-eye bream, mu or roundtooth large-eye bream, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Lethrinidae, the emperors and emperor breams. This species is found in the Indian and Pacific Ocean.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Monotaxis grandoculis”.