Scientific Name	Monocentris japonica   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Houttuyn, 1782)	Depth	10 - 200M
Chinese	日本松毬魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	松球魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F279　Monocentridae	Edible Fish	No	Chinese In Mainland China	日本松球魚
Max Length	17 cm	Aquarium Fish	Yes	Common Name	松毬魚、鳳梨魚、刺毬
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、North、North East、PonFu
Habitats	Coral、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Nagasaki, Japan [Western North Pacific]
Synonyms	Gasterosteus japonicus, Monocentris carinata, Monocentris cataphracta, Monocentris japonicus, Monocentrus japonicus, Sciaena cataphracta, Sciaena japonica cataphracta
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.4(FAO,1999)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)  沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Carpenter, K. E. etc. 1999 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0054353. ASIZP0055598. ASIZP0059561. ASIZP0059605. ASIZP0060410. ASIZP0063158. ASIZP0063247. ASIZP0065081. ASIZP0071538. ASIZP0075281. ASIZP0078980. ASIZP0700140. ASIZP0800046. ASIZP0805663. ASIZP0805868. ASIZP0807298. ASIZP0910046. ASIZP0915868. ASIZP0917298. CAS214590. CAS28173. CAS30306. FRIP00697. FRIP00698. FRIP00699. FRIP20326. NMMBP00593. NMMBP01032. NMMBP03656. NMMBP03678. NMMBP04146. NMMBP04299. NMMBP04522. NMMBP06200. NMMSTP00971. NTMP0060. NTMP0112. ...List all 65 records...
Barcode	2015-10-23,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100% 2015-12-08,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100%
Common Name	Pine sculpin; Pineconefish; Pinecone fish; Pineapple fish; Dick bride-groom fish; Knight fish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with V-VI spines and 11-12 soft rays; anal fin with no spines and 9-11 soft rays. Body except for caudal peduncle armored with huge, immovable scales. Lateral line scales present but without opening. Dorsal fin spines large, without membrane. Pelvic fin spine large, with locking mechanism. Anal fin without spine. Body yellow, scales outlined in black; lower jaw black. There is a pair of light organs each side of chin.
habitats	Found in the sublittoral zone,under ledges and caves of rocky reefs.Forms schools. Adults are found between 20 and 200 m depth, juveniles occasionally in shallower water. Regularly displayed in public aquaria.
Distribution	Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and South Africa and Mauritius to southern Japan, southwest Sumatra to Bali Strait, Timor Sea in Indonesia, the Arafura Sea, Darwin to Northwest Cape, Australia and from New Zealand
Utility	Commercial species.