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Classification / Names
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Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range ? - 341 m (Ref. 127470). Tropical
Western Pacific: Japan, Taiwan, Korea, the Philippines, Australia (WA, QLD), Solomon Is., and Vanuatu.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 127470)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Vertebrae: 26. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: lateral line scales 12-15; scale rows below lateral line 1 = 10-11, modally 10; scale rows below lateral line 3 = 6-7; total gill rakers 16-20; scales between lateral line 4 and abdominal scutes are small, its posterior tip not reaching second postpelvic scute; no teeth on vomer; mouth large, reaching a vertical through posterior margin of eye (Ref. 127470).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
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. 130435)
CITES (Ref. 128078)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [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 body shape (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).