Monocentris japonica Pineconefish

Monocentris japonica is commonly referred to as Pineconefish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. A aquarium size of at least 800 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

2045 

AphiaID:

221357 

Scientific:

Monocentris japonica 

German:

Japanischer Zapfenfisch 

English:

Pineconefish 

Category:

Pineapplefishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Beryciformes (Order) > Monocentridae (Family) > Monocentris (Genus) > japonica (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Houttuyn, ), 1782 

Occurrence:

(the) Maldives, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arafura Sea, Australia, Bali, Cambodia, China, Comores, Corea, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Irak, Israel, Japan, Lesser Sunda Islands, Madagascar, Mauritius, New Caledonia, New South Wales (Australia), New Zealand, Northern Territory (Australia), Ogasawara Islands, Red Sea, Réunion , South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Taiwan, the Kermadec Islands, Timor, Vietnam, Western Australia, Western Pacific Ocean 

Sea depth:

1 - 250 Meter 

Size:

up to 6.69" (17 cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 

Food:

Food specialist, Frozen Food (large sort), Living Food 

Tank:

175.98 gal (~ 800L)  

Difficulty:

Experts only! Very hard to keep 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Monocentris japonica
  Japanischer Zapfenfisch
• Monocentris neozelanicus
• Monocentris reedi

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Monocentris chrysadamas
  Goldener Diamant Tannenzapfenfisch, Goldener Diamant Ananasfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2006-10-01 15:59:57 

Last edit:

2018-12-27 11:33:52 

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