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    (c) François Libert, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Rickard Zerpe, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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    (c) François Libert, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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    (c) Derek Keats, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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    (c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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    (c) Karen Willshaw, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Humpnose Bigeye Bream

Monotaxis grandoculis

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About

Monotaxis grandoculis, the Humpnose big-eye bream, is a species of emperor native to the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean to the Hawaiian Islands. It inhabits areas with sand or rubble substrates adjacent to coral reefs at depths of from 1 to 100 metres (3.3 to 328.1 ft), mostly between 5 to 30 metres (16 to 98 ft). This species can reach a length of 60 centimetres (24 in) TL though most do not exceed 40 centimetres (16 in). It...

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