Author: Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
FBname: Striped monocle bream
Comments: Common on coral reefs usually associated with sandy areas.  Adults inhabit outer lagoon reef flats and seaward reefs flats, often in groups.  Juveniles are found singly near the shelter of corals on clear shallow lagoon reefs (Ref. 9710).  Adults form schools or small groups (Ref. 48635).  Feeds on small fishes,  crustaceans (Ref. 9710) and benthic invertebrates, primarily polychaetes (Ref. 37816).