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Genus Pentapodus: | Pentapodus emeryii (Richardson 1843), the Double Whiptail Bream. Indo-West Pacific. To a foot in length in the wild. An occasional import from the Philippines and Fiji. Hardy when shipped properly and placed in a peaceful setting. Aquarium and N. Sulawesi photos. |
| Pentapodus nagasakiensis (Tanaka 1915), the Japanese Butterfish. Western Pacific; Japan to northern Australia. To eight inches in length. This one in an aquarium. | 
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| Pentapodus setosus (Valenciennes 1830), the Butterfly Whiptail. Indo-West Pacific; Philippines, S. China Sea, Indonesia. To seven inches in length. N. Sulawesi pix. |  
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| Pentapodus trivittatus (Bloch 1791), the Striped Whiptail. Indo-West Pacific; Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea. To eight inches in length. This one in N. Sulawesi. | 
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Genus Scolopsis: | Scolopsis affinis Peters 1877, the Yellow-Tail Spinecheek. West Pacific and Indian Ocean. To nearly ten inches in length. Off of Gili Air, Lombok, and N. Sulawesi, Indonesia. |  
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| Scolopsis auratus (Park 1797), the Yellowstripe Monocle Bream. Eastern Indian Ocean; Maldives to southern Indonesia. To a bit over eight inches in length. This one off of Gili Air, Lombok, Indonesia. | 
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Scolopsis frenatus (Cuvier 1830), the Bridled Monocle Bream. Western Indian Ocean. To ten inches long. This photo made in the Seychelles. | 
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| Scolopsis ghanam (Forsskal 1775), the Arabian Monocle Bream. Indian Ocean; Red Sea, East Africa to the Andaman Sea. To twelve inches. Here's a four inch juvenile in the Red Sea. | 
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| Scolopsis margaritifer (Cuvier 1830), the Pearly Monocle Bream. Western Pacific. To eleven inches maximum length. Specimens off of Australia's GBR and N. & S. Sulawesi. |
| Scolopsis monogramma (Cuvier 1830), the Monocle Bream. Indo-West Pacific. To a foot in length. Heron Island, Australia's GBR. | 
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| Scolopsis vosmeri (Bloch 1792), the Whitecheek Monocle Bream. Indo-West Pacific; east African coast, Red Sea to Australia, Ryukyus. To ten inches. Rarely seen in the ornamental trade, and this is a shame. In the wild feeds on many benthic organisms. Pulau Redang, Malaysia photo. | 
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| Scolopsis xenochroa Gunther 1872, the Blue-stripe Spinecheek. Oblique-barred Monocle Bream. Indo-West Pacific; Maldives to Solomons, northern Australia, Indonesia... To 21 cm. in length. Feeds principally on crustaceans. N. Sulawesi pic. | 
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