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title: "Humpnose Bigeye Bream"
description: "Monotaxis grandoculis — Ryby. Monotaxis grandoculis, commonly known as the humpnose big-eye bream, bigeye barenose, bigeye bream, bigeye emperor, grand-eyed porgy fish, humpnose sea-bream, large-eye bream, mu or roundtooth large-eye bream, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Lethrinidae, the emperors and emperor breams."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/humpnose-bigeye-bream
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Humpnose Bigeye Bream

> Monotaxis grandoculis — Ryby. Monotaxis grandoculis, commonly known as the humpnose big-eye bream, bigeye barenose, bigeye bream, bigeye emperor, grand-eyed porgy fish, humpnose sea-bream, large-eye bream, mu or roundtooth large-eye bream, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Lethrinidae, the emperors and emperor breams.

- Scientific name: *Monotaxis grandoculis*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 3153
- Wikidata: [Q2735010](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2735010)
- iNaturalist taxon: [117459](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/117459)

## Names

- en: Humpnose Bigeye Bream
- de: Großaugen-Straßenkehrer
- es: Besugo de ojo grande
- fr: Empereur bossu

## Countries with the most observations

EG (501), US (432), ID (327), MV (209), PF (205), AU (57), CK (56), FJ (49), NC (41), JP (34), GU (32), UM (30)

## Summary

Monotaxis grandoculis, commonly known as the humpnose big-eye bream, bigeye barenose, bigeye bream, bigeye emperor, grand-eyed porgy fish, humpnose sea-bream, large-eye bream, mu or roundtooth large-eye bream, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Lethrinidae, the emperors and emperor breams. This species is found in the Indian and Pacific Ocean.

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

## Photo

![Humpnose Bigeye Bream](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/humpnose-bigeye-bream/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andrew Deacon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/253721697

## Machine access

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