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Monocentris

Su, Yo;Lin, Hsiu-Chin;Ho, Hsuan-Ching

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Monocentris

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Monocentris is a genus of pinecone fishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Species

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GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderBeryciformes
  5. FamilyMonocentridae
Habitatmarine

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
95
With media
46
Family
Monocentridae
Collections
NHMUK, CUMV, MNHN, NMV, USNM, CAS
Recorded in
United Kingdom, Japan, Nouvelle-Caledonie, Oman, Taiwan, Thailand

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Instance of
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Parent taxon
Monocentridae
Image
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Commons category
Monocentris
taxon name
Monocentris
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topic's main category
Category:Monocentris
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Encyclopedic overview

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Monocentris is a genus of pinecone fishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

==Species== There are currently four recognized species in this genus: Monocentris chrysadamas (Yo Su, Hsiu-Chin Lin, and Hsuan-Ching Ho, 2022) - diamond pineconefish Monocentris japonica (Houttuyn, 1782) - Japanese pineapplefish Monocentris neozelanicus (Powell, 1938) - Maori pineconefish Monocentris reedi (L. P. Schultz, 1956) - Reed's pineconefish

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