Parascolopsis baranesi, also known as Baranes’s dwarf monocle bream, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the familyNemipteridae, the threadfin breams. This fish is endemic to the Gulf of Aqaba in the western Indian Ocean.
Parascolopsis baranesi has a moderately deep body which has a depth that fits into its standard length 2.4 to 2.8 times. The dorsal fin is supported by 10 spines and 9 soft rays while the anal fin contains 3 spines and 7 soft rays.[6] The colour of the body is pale pinkish shading to silvery on the lower body. There is a light yellow stripe starting underneath the lateral line to the rear of the upper corner of the operculum and extending to the upper part of the caudal peduncle. There are 3 indistinct, broken vertical bars on the upper body. The dorsal fin is light yellow close to its base and has a large red blotch on the spiny part of the fin. The caudal fin is pale yellow, reddish near its base and tinged pinkish towards its margin.[3] This species has a maximum published standard length of 11.2 cm (4.4 in).[7]
Parascolopsis baranesi is known only from the Gulf of Aqaba in the Western Indian Ocean. It is a bathydemersal species found at depths between 160 and 500 m (520 and 1,640 ft).[7]
^Russell, Barry & Golani, Daniel (2013). "A review of the fish genus Parascolopsis (Nemipteridae) of the western Indian Ocean, with description of a new species from the northern Red Sea". Israel Journal of Zoology. 39: 337–347. doi:10.1080/00212210.1993.10688726.
