Monocentris japonica, Pineconefish : aquarium

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Monocentris japonica (Houttuyn, 1782)

Pineconefish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Trachichthyiformes (Roughies) > Monocentridae (Pinecone fishes)
Etymology: Monocentris: Greek, monos = one + Greek, kentron = sting (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 1 - 300 m (Ref. 127470). Tropical

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Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea, Reunion, Madagascar, and South Africa; north to Japan, Taiwan, China, New Caledonia (including Chesterfield Islands), south to Australia;

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 17.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3131); common length : 12.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5978)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 5 - 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-12; Anal soft rays: 9 - 11; Vertebrae: 25 - 26. The species is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: lateral-line scales 13 - 17; scale rows below lateral line 11-14, modally 11-12; three scale rows below lateral line 8; total gill rakers 16-20; small scales between fourth scale row below lateral line and abdominal scutes, its posterior tip not reaching second postpelvic scute; no teeth on vomer; mouth large, reaching vertical through posterior margin of eye (Ref. 127470).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found in the sublittoral zone (Ref. 11230), under ledges and caves of rocky reefs (Ref. 9710). Forms schools (Ref. 6620). Adults are found between 20 and 200 m depth, juveniles occasionally in shallower water (Ref. 9650). Regularly displayed in public aquaria.

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Moore, Jon A. | Collaborators

Su, Y., H.-C. Lin and H.-C. Ho, 2022. 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. (Ref. 127470)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 22 December 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Fisheries: of no interest; aquarium: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 15.9 - 28.2, mean 25.4 °C (based on 1404 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.6875   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01995 (0.00906 - 0.04395), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this BS (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.5   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 44.2 [20.0, 179.6] mg/100g ; Iron = 0.52 [0.25, 1.12] mg/100g ; Protein = 17.7 [16.2, 19.1] % ; Omega3 = 0.146 [0.061, 0.366] g/100g ; Selenium = 35.9 [17.9, 77.7] μg/100g ; VitaminA = 121 [30, 508] μg/100g ; Zinc = 1.28 [0.81, 1.94] mg/100g (wet weight);