blue-lined large-eye bream

Gymnocranius grandoculis

Fish Reaching Eighty Centimeters in Japanese Waters

Blue
Tropical
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
East Asia
Oceania
Fusiform
Large
Tropical fish

Gymnocranius grandoculis, the blue-lined large-eye bream, iodine bream, Maori sea bream or Robinson's sea bream, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Lethrinidae, the emperors and emperor breams. This fish has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Lethrinidae
Genus: Gymnocranius
Maximum length: 80 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: East Africa to southeastern Oceania and from Australia northward to Japan. This species has been referred to as Gymnocranius robinsoni in recent literature.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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