FB-7977 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7977 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Tetraodontiformes Monacanthidae Paramonacanthus Paramonacanthus japonicus (Tilesius, 1809) Cryptic filefish Filefish Hairfinned leatherjacket Hair-finned leatherjacket Japanese filefish Japanese leatherjacket Yosogi 새양쥐치 Barat-barat Kerosok Jepun Pariutet 日本副单角鲀 日本副單角魨 日本細鱗魨 日本细鳞鲀 Balistes japonicus Tilesius, 1809 Monacanthus broekii Bleeker, 1858 Monacanthus cryptodon (non Bleeker, 1855) Monacanthus trachyderma Bleeker, 1860 Paramonacanthus curtorhynchos (non Bleeker, 1855) Paramonacanthus japonicas (Tilesius, 1809) Stephanolepis japonicus (Tilesius, 1809) 1993-04-26 2024-08-16 Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino0 The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). 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(Ref. 118794) FB-pic-7977-13141 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1997-02-02 2012-07-11 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7977 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Pajap_u0.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Pajap_u0.jpg FB-pic-7977-34050 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/gif FAO 2002-08-23 2002-09-07 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7977 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Pajap_m0.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Pajap_m0.gif FB-GeneralDescr-7977 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1993-04-26 00:00:00 2025-11-21 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7977 Adults inhabit weedy and sandy areas of coastal reefs (Ref. 9710). They are found on open muddy substrates from shallow estuaries to deep offshore. Males elongate with age (Ref. 48637). Monogamous (Ref. 52884). 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) FB-DiagnosticDescr-7977 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1995-09-08 00:00:00 2012-12-22 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7977 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size 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). Hutchins, J.B. 1997 Review of the monacanthid fish genus <i>Paramonacanthus</i>, with descriptions of three new species. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. Suppl. No. 54:1-57. (Ref. 33065) FB-Morphology-7977 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1995-09-08 00:00:00 2012-12-22 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7977 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 24 - 30; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 24 - 30; Vertebrae: 19 Hutchins, J.B. 1997 Review of the monacanthid fish genus <i>Paramonacanthus</i>, with descriptions of three new species. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. Suppl. No. 54:1-57. (Ref. 33065) FB-Distribution-7977 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1993-04-26 00:00:00 2024-05-22 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7977 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Northwestern Pacific: confirmed from Japan. Randall, J.E. 2005 Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 720 p. (Ref. 54980) FB-Uses-7977 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1993-04-26 00:00:00 2025-11-21 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7977 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution fisheries: bycatch Blaber, S.J.M., D.T. Brewer and A.N. Harris 1994 Distribution, biomass and community structure of demersal fishes of the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia. Aust. J. Mar. Freshwat. Res. 45(3):375-396. (Ref. 9700) FB-Size-7977 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1993-04-26 00:00:00 2025-11-21 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7977 12.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 48637)) Kuiter, R.H. and T. Tonozuka 2001 Pictorial guide to Indonesian reef fishes. Part 3. Jawfishes - Sunfishes, Opistognathidae - Molidae. Zoonetics, Australia. p. 623-893. (Ref. 48637) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-7977 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1993-04-26 00:00:00 2025-11-21 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7977 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats reef-associated; non-migratory (Ref. 52884); marine; depth range 34 - 46 m (Ref. 33352) Whiteman, E.A. and I.M. Côté 2004 Monogamy in marine fishes. Biol. Rev. 79:351-375. (Ref. 52884) Matsuura, K. and J.C. Tyler 1997 Tetraodontiform fishes, mostly from deep waters, of New Caledonia. p.173-208. In B. Séret (ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, vol. 17. no.9. Mem. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 174. (Ref. 33352)