Paramonacanthus japonicus

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Family : Filefishes ; Inhabits weedy and sandy areas of coastal reefs [1].

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -2,307 meters (0 to -7,569 feet).[2]

Biome: Marine .

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Balistes japonicus • Balistes japonicus Tilesius • Balistes japonicus Tilesius, 1809 • Monacanthus broekii Bleeker • Monacanthus cryptodon (Non Bleeker • Monacanthus trachyderma Bleeker • Paramonacanthus japonicus • Paramonacanthus japonicus (Tilesius 1810) • Stephanolepis japonicus (Tilesius

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

First described: Tilesius G. T. De nova Actiniarum specie gigantea, Kamtschatica Memoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St . Pétersbourg, 1809.

Comment: Year[3].

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 27-Jan-2000

Similar Species

Members of the genus Paramonacanthus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 15 species and subspecies in this genus:

P. arabicus (Gulf Filefish) · P. barnardi (Wedgetail Filefish) · P. choirocephalus (Pig Faced Leather Jacket) · P. curtorhynchus (Short Snout File Fish) · P. filicauda (Threadfin Leatherjacket) · P. frenatus (Wedgetail Filefish) · P. japonicus (Hairfinned Leatherjacket) · P. nemurus (Dusky Leatherjacket) · P. nipponensis (Cinhalese Leatherjacket) · P. oblongus (Hair-Finned Filefish) · P. oblongus otisensis (Dusky Leatherjacket) · P. otisensis (Dusky Leatherjacket) · P. pusillus (Blackstriped Filefish) · P. sulcatus (Mud-Bank Filefish) · P. tricuspis (Estuary Filefish)

More Info

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Further Reading

• Abu Khair Mohammad Mohsin, Mohd. Azmi Ambak and Muhamad Nasir Abdul Salam (1993). Malay, English, and scientific names of the fishes of Malaysia. Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science, Universiti Pertanian Malaysia, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia, O
• Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. and P.J. Kailola (1984). Trawled fishes of southern Indonesia and northwestern Australia. Australian Development Assistance Bureau, Australia, Directorate General of Fishes, Indonesia, and German Agency for Technical Cooperation, Fe
• Hutchins, J.B. (1993). List of Philippine monacanthid species. Personal communication.
• Hutchins, J.B. (1997). Review of the monacanthid fish genus Paramonacanthus, with descriptions of three new species. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. Suppl. No. 54: 1-57.
• Kailola, P.J. (1991). The fishes of Papua New Guinea: a revised and annotated checklist. Vol. III. Gobiidae to Molidae. Research Bulletin No. 41, Research Section, Dept. of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Papua New Guinea. 153 p.
• Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino (1984). The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1 (text). Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text), 370 pls.
• Myers, R.F. (1991). Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p.
• Myers, R.F. (1999). Micronesian reef fishes: a comprehensive guide to the coral reef fishes of Micronesia, 3rd revised and expanded edition. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 330 p.
• Ni, I-H and K-Y Kwok (1999). Marine fish fauna in Hong Kong waters. Zool. Stud. 38(2):130-152.
• Tilesius G. T. De nova Actiniarum specie gigantea, Kamtschatica Memoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg, 1809.
• Wantiez, L. (1993). Les poissons des fonds meubles du lagon Nord et de la Baie de Saint-Vincent de Nouvelle-Calédonie: Description des peuplements, structure et fonctionnement des communautés. Ph.D. Thesis, Université d' Aix-Marseille II, France.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
• FishBase
• FishBase 2006.
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• Hutchins, Barry (from FishBase).
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:

• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: AIMS - Baited Remote Underwater Video Station (OBIS Australia)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: AIMS - Bioresources Library (OBIS Australia)
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
• OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 134563
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-26787
• Fishbase Species ID: 7977
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13530430
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 646223
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 119825

Footnotes

1. Lieske, E. and R. Myers (1994). Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p. [back]
2. Mean = -779.700 meters (-2,558.071 feet), Standard Deviation = 910.540 based on 98 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
3. Eschmeyer, W.N. (1997). PISCES. Eschmeyer's PISCES database as published on the Internet in June 1997, URL: gopher://gopher.calacademy.org:640/7. [back]

Curator for this page: Barry Hutchins. Date last reviewed: 12/30/1899

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