Monocentris japonica

Taxonavigation[edit]

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Berycimorphaceae
Ordo: Trachichthyiformes
Subordo: Trachichthyoidei
Familia: Monocentridae
Genus: Monocentris
Species: Monocentris japonica

Name[edit]

Monocentris japonica (Houttuyn, 1782)

Neotype: KAUM-I 73145.

Type locality: Four miles off rocket Center, Kimotsuki, Kimotsuki-gun, Kagoshima, Japan, 31°12'35.4"N, 131°09'03.6"E, depth 95 meters [Nagasaki, Japan] (Neotype).

Synonyms[edit]

senior synonym
- Gasterosteus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782)
junior synonym
- Monocentris cataphracta (Thunberg, 1790)
- Sciaena japonica cataphracta (Thunberg, 1790)
- Monocentris carinata (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
misspellings of the species names (that must not be used)
- Monocentris japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782)
- Monocentrus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782)

References[edit]

Monocentris japonica in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names[edit]

English: Japanese Pinecone-fish
日本語: マツカサウオ
polski: szysznik japoński
中文: 松毬魚(松球魚)

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