Striped Large-Eye Bream

Scientific Name: Gnathodentex aureolineatus
Family: Emperors – Lethrinidae
Maximum Size: 30cm
Identification: Silvery gray to brown; dark scale rows on back, 4-5 brown to gold stripes on sides, yellow-orange blotch below rear dorsal fin.
Favourite: Solitary to large aggregations.
Hide-out: Shallow coastal reefs, lagoons and outer slopes in 3-20m.
Location: Indo-Pacific – E. Africa to Micronesia, Line Is. and French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to S.E. Australia and Norfolk Is.

Redfin Bream

Scientific Name: Monotaxis heterodon
Family: Emperors – Lethrinidae
Maximum Size: 30cm
Identification: Gray or brown on back with 3 narrow white bars, black spot in axil of pectoral fin and reddish hue on fins.
Favourite: Solitary or form groups.
Hide-out: Coastal reefs, lagoons and outer slopes to 100m.
Location: Indo-West Pacific – Seychelles to Marshall Islands and New Caledonia.

Japanese Large-Eye Bream

Scientific Name: Gymnocranius euanus
Family: Emperors – Lethrinidae
Maximum Size: 45cm
Identification: Silvery gray with scattered small black spots.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Open sand or rubble bottoms near reefs in lagoons and on outer slopes in 15-50m.
Location: West Pacific – Philippines, Micronesia and Papua New Guinea to Tonga. S. China Sea and S.W. Japan to E. Australia and Norfolk Is.

Humpnose Bigeye Bream

Scientific Name: Monotaxis grandoculis
Family: Emperors – Lethrinidae
Maximum Size: 60cm
Identification: Black to gray, silver or brown back gradating to pale underside, often yellowish tints on head; black spot on base of pectoral fin.
Favourite: Solitary or form groups.
Hide-out: Coastal reefs, lagoons and outer slopes to 100m.
Location: Indo-Pacific – Red Sea and E. Africa to Micronesia, Hawaii and French Polynesia. S.W. Japan to Australia and New Caledonia.

Gray Large-Eye Bream

Scientific Name: Gymnocranius griseus
Family: Emperors – Lethrinidae
Maximum Size: 35cm
Identification: Silvery gray with several irregular dark bars on head and body. Young have heavily blotched pattern with eye bar, and bar across pectoral fins.
Favourite: Solitary or form small groups.
Hide-out: Sand or rubble bottoms of coastal reefs in 15-80m.
Location: East Indo-Asian Pacific – Andaman Sea to Malaysian Peninsula, Indonesia, north to S.W. Japan.