A new cryptic species of the pineapple fish genus Monocentris (Family Monocentridae) from the western Pacific Ocean, with redescription of M. japonica (Houttuyn, 1782).
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DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5189.1.18
Abstract: A new pineapple fish is described based on 26 type and 80 non-type specimens collected from Taiwan, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, and Queensland, Australia. This new species is sympatric with and similar to Monocentris japonica… read more here.
Keywords: new cryptic; japonica; species pineapple; pineapple fish ... See more keywords