Ciliate Spinecheek

Scolopsis ciliata

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth1–13 m
Water temperature26–30 °C
Best monthsMarch, May, and June
How commonOccasional

Photo credit: (c) 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Scolopsis ciliata, the saw-jawed monocle bream, ciliate spinecheek, silver-line spinecheek or whitestreak monocle bream is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Nemipteridae, the threadfin breams. This fish is found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Scolopsis ciliata”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 62 records
February: 49 records
March: 77 records
April: 75 records
May: 79 records
June: 89 records
July: 49 records
August: 56 records
September: 60 records
October: 60 records
November: 51 records
December: 67 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–13 m · Deepest record: 196 m

0–10 m: 83 records
10–20 m: 17 records
20–30 m: 2 records
30–40 m: 1 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 26–30 °C

26–28 °C: 7 records
28–30 °C: 163 records

Photos

(c) desertnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Ditch Townsend, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Ditch Townsend, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
(c) Dan Schofield, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) My-Lan Le, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Ciliate Spinecheek, Saw-jawed monocle bream, Silver-line Spinecheek, Whitestreak Monocle Bream

Names in 2 more languages

French: Scolopsis à taches orange
Japanese: Hakusentamagashira, ハクセンタマガシラ

Other scientific names: Holocentrus ciliatus, Lycogenis argyrosoma, Scolopsides lycogenis, Scolopsis ciliates, Scolopsis ciliatus, Scolopsis luzonia, Scolopsis specularis

Similar species

Bridled Monacle Bream
Scolopsis bilineata
barred-face spine-cheek
Scolopsis monogramma
Bridled Monocle Bream
Scolopsis affinis
Black-and-white Monocle Bream
Scolopsis lineata
Barned-face Spine-cheek
Scolopsis margaritifera
Lattice Monocle Bream
Scolopsis taenioptera

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
328 open-data records from 1802 to 2018.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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