Author: (Cuvier, 1830)
FBname: Pearly monocle bream
Comments: Found on sand bottoms close to reefs.  Feed on crustaceans, polychaete worms, mollusks and small fishes (Ref. 3810, 9785).  Juveniles may be Batesian mimics of poison-fang blennies, <i>Meiacanthus</i> spp. (<i>M. geminatus</i> and <i>M. vittatus</i>) (Ref. 37816, 90102). It is parasitised by the monogenean <i>Anoplodiscus hutsonae</i> on the pectoral fins and body surface (Ref. 124057).