Animalia > Chordata > Tetraodontiformes > Monacanthidae > Paramonacanthus > Paramonacanthus japonicus

Paramonacanthus japonicus (Japanese filefish; Hairfinned leatherjacket; Cryptic filefish; Filefish; Japanese leatherjacket)

Synonyms: Balistes japonicus; Monacanthus broekii; Monacanthus trachyderma; Paramonacanthus japonicas; Stephanolepis japonicus
Language: Carolinian; Japanese; Korean; Malay; Mandarin Chinese

Wikipedia Abstract

Paramonacanthus japonicus is a filefish from the Indo-West Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 12 cm in length.
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Attributes

Migration [1]  Oceanodromous

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Diploproctodaeum yosogi[2]
Trifoliovarium ovarilobulus[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Riede, Klaus (2004) Global Register of Migratory Species - from Global to Regional Scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. 330 pages + CD-ROM
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0