---
title: "Pearly Monocle Bream"
description: "Scolopsis margaritifera — Fish. Scolopsis margaritifera, the pearly monocle bream or pearly spinecheek, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Nemipteridae, the threadfin breams."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/pearly-monocle-bream
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pearly Monocle Bream

> Scolopsis margaritifera — Fish. Scolopsis margaritifera, the pearly monocle bream or pearly spinecheek, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Nemipteridae, the threadfin breams.

- Scientific name: *Scolopsis margaritifera*
- Category: `fish` (Fish)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 1428
- Wikidata: [Q2925367](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2925367)
- iNaturalist taxon: [135220](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/135220)

## Names

- en: Pearly Monocle Bream
- de: Perlen-Scheinschnapper
- fr: Scolopsis nacré

## Countries with the most observations

ID (359), TH (231), AU (168), MY (118), PH (91), PW (45), MM (25), SB (16), PG (15), VU (8), VN (6), IN (5)

## Summary

Scolopsis margaritifera, the pearly monocle bream or pearly spinecheek, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Nemipteridae, the threadfin breams. This fish is found in the marginally in the eastern Indian Ocean and in the western Pacific Ocean.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scolopsis_margaritifera

## Photo

![Pearly Monocle Bream](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pearly-monocle-bream/medium.jpg)

Photo: george_vaughan · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/368596385

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/pearly-monocle-bream?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).