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Pineconefish

Characteristics

  • Possesses a pair of light-emitting organs on each side of the chin. The light organs contain symbiotic luminous bacteria, which allow the Pineconefish to emit light from their chins.

Description

  • Body yellow with thick black scale margins.
  • Body oval.

Common Name: Pineconefish

Family Common Name: Pineconefishes

Family: Monocentridae

Scientific Name: Monocentris japonica___(Houttuyn, 1782)

Genus: Monocentris

Maximum Length: 17 cm (Total Length)

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未評估
Not Evaluated (ne)
數據缺乏
Data Deficient (dd)
無危
Least Concern (lc)
近危
Near Threatened (nt)
易危
Vulnerable (vu)
瀕危
Endangered (en)
極危
Critically Endangered (cr)
絕滅
Extinct (ex)
Pineconefish

Related fish

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