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title: "Striped Large-eye Bream"
description: "Gnathodentex aureolineatus — Fish. Gnathodentex is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Lethrinidae, the emperors or emperor breams ."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/striped-large-eye-bream
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Striped Large-eye Bream

> Gnathodentex aureolineatus — Fish. Gnathodentex is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Lethrinidae, the emperors or emperor breams .

- Scientific name: *Gnathodentex aureolineatus*
- Category: `fish` (Fish)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 1510
- Wikidata: [Q1027284](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1027284)
- iNaturalist taxon: [85297](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/85297)

## Names

- en: Striped Large-eye Bream
- de: Leuchtfleck-Straßenkehrer
- fr: Empereur strié

## Countries with the most observations

MV (192), PF (154), ID (113), CK (106), RE (78), NC (69), MU (61), FJ (51), JP (44), AU (40), GU (27), SC (27)

## Summary

Gnathodentex is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Lethrinidae, the emperors or emperor breams . It is a monotypic genus, containing a single species, the goldspot seabream (Gnathodentex aureolineatus), also known as the striped large-eye bream. This taxon has a wide distribution in Indo-West Pacific region.

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

## Photo

![Striped Large-eye Bream](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/striped-large-eye-bream/medium.jpg)

Photo: seanmegh · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/81999432

## Machine access

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