Monocentris japonica

Pineconefish
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Beryciformes
Family:	Monocentridae
Genus:	Monocentris
Species:	M. japonica
Binomial name
Monocentris japonica (Houttuyn, 1782)

Monocentris japonica is a pinecone fish of the family Monocentridae, found in the tropical Indo-West Pacific oceans, at depths of between 10 and 200 m. Its length is between 8 and 15 cm.

Gallery

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  Illustration of a pineconefish, with the anatomy of the skull exposed.

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  Pineconefish at the Himeji Aquarium, Japan.

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  Pineconefish at the Musée Océanographique de Monaco

References

• "Monocentris japonica". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=166164. Retrieved 18 April 2006. 
• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Monocentris japonica" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
• Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8