Monocentris Bloch & Schneider, 1801
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5189.1.18 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7125272 |
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Monocentris Bloch & Schneider, 1801 View in CoL View at ENA
Monocentris Bloch & Schneider, 1801:100 View in CoL
(Type species: Monocentris carinata Bloch & Schneider 1801 View in CoL ).
Lepisacanthus Lacepède, 1801:320
(Type species: Lepisacanthus japonicus Lacepède 1801 ).
(Type species: Monocentris carinata Bloch & Schneider 1801 ).
Two genera are recognized in the family Monocentridae . Monocentris differs from Cleidopus De Vis, 1882 , in having a broad (deep) suborbital space (> 8.2 % SL); a large mouth with upper jaw straight; relatively long snout, subequal to eye diameter; a black light organ at tip of lower jaw; toothless vomer; and relatively smaller maximum size (usually less than 15 cm SL), whereas Cleidopus has a very narrow suborbital space with lower margin of eye almost adjacent the upper jaw (2.9–3.2 % SL); small with S-shaped upper jaw; snout clearly shorter than eye diameter; an orange light organ on each side of lower jaw under eye; vomer with teeth; and a relatively larger maximum size (up to 26 cm).
According to Paxton (1999), the lateral line is absent in monocentrids, however, our specimens possess a small canal through each scale in a row where a lateral line is commonly found in beryciform fishes (LLS in Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 ). Thus, we recognized this row of scales as lateral-line scales.
Previously, the genus has comprised two species: M. japonica in the Indo-West Pacific and M. reedi in the southeastern Pacific. A third species similar to M. japonica is described below.
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Monocentris Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Su, Yo, Lin, Hsiu-Chin & Ho, Hsuan-Ching 2022 |
Ericius
Tilesius, W. G. von 1809: 243 |
Lepisacanthus Lacepède, 1801:320
Lacepede, B. G. E. 1801: 320 |