Monocentris is a genus of pinecone fishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Monocentris | |
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Monocentris japonica | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Trachichthyiformes |
Family: | Monocentridae |
Genus: | Monocentris Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801 |
Species
editThere are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Monocentris chrysadamas (Yo Su, Hsiu-Chin Lin, and Hsuan-Ching Ho, 2022)[2] - diamond pineconefish
- Monocentris japonica (Houttuyn, 1782) - Japanese pineapplefish
- Monocentris neozelanicus (Powell, 1938) - Maori pineconefish
- Monocentris reedi (L. P. Schultz, 1956) - Reed's pineconefish
References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Monocentris". FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ^ Su, Yo; Lin, Hsiu-Chin; Ho, Hsuan-Ching (2022-09-23). "A new cryptic species of the pineapple fish genus Monocentris (Family Monocentridae) from the western Pacific Ocean, with redescription of M. japonica (Houttuyn, 1782)". Zootaxa. 5189 (1): 180–203. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5189.1.18. ISSN 1175-5334.