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Teleostei (teleosts) > Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) > Monacanthidae (Filefishes)
Etymology: Paramonacanthus: Greek, para = the side of + Greek, monos = one + Greek, akantha ) thorn (Ref. 45335).

Issue
This speces is a junior synonym of P. oblongus according to Gill & Hutchins, 2002 Ref. 127492), and the species summary will be deleted.

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

Marine; reef-associated; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 34 - 46 m (Ref. 33352). Tropical; 32°N - 24°S

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Indo-West Pacific: southern Japan and northwest Australia to Papua New Guinea.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 48637)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 24-30; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 24 - 30; Vertebrae: 19. body width 2.0-2.6 in head length; body depth 2.0-3.1 in SL, head length 2.7-3.2 in SL; snout length 3.7-4.1 in SL; eye diameter 2.7-3.7 in head length; second dorsalmost caudal ray elongate and filamentous in male (Ref. 33065).

Inhabits weedy and sandy areas of coastal reefs (Ref. 9710). Found on open muddy substrates from shallow estuaries to deep offshore. Males elongate with age (Ref. 48637). Monogamous (Ref. 52884).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Hutchins, Barry | Collaborators

Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 03 March 2015

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 24.6 - 28.4, mean 27.6 °C (based on 106 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01862 (0.01133 - 0.03059), b=2.86 (2.72 - 3.00), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for species & Subfamily-BS (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 2.8 ±0.25 se; based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Fec = 3,300).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 78.8 [33.2, 200.1] mg/100g ; Iron = 0.813 [0.369, 1.915] mg/100g ; Protein = 17.9 [15.6, 20.0] % ; Omega3 = 0.116 [0.053, 0.241] g/100g ; Selenium = 29.4 [13.8, 67.1] μg/100g ; VitaminA = 80 [22, 301] μg/100g ; Zinc = 1.65 [1.06, 2.63] mg/100g (wet weight);

Paramonacanthus japonicus (Tilesius, 1809)