Scientific Name	Paramonacanthus japonicus   Pronounce			by: ©Murdy, Edward O.
Author	(Tilesius, 1809)	Depth	34 - 46M
Chinese	日本副單棘魨	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	單棘魨科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F506　Monacanthidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	日本副單角魨
Max Length	10 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	剝皮魚
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	PonFu
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Japan
Synonyms	Balistes japonicus, Monacanthus broekii, Monacanthus cryptodon, Monacanthus trachyderma, Paramonacanthus curtorhynchos, Paramonacanthus japonicas, Stephanolepis japonicus
Reference	Fishbase(2005)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；中國動物誌-魨形目(蘇等, 2002)  Hiroshi Kawase etc. 1994 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002 蘇錦祥, 李春生 編著 2002
Specimen List	NTUM00057Paratype. NTUM04133.
Common Name	Hairfinned leatherjacket; Cryptic filefish; Japanese filefish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
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