WoRMS taxon details
Paramonacanthus japonicus (Tilesius, 1809)
220067 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220067)
accepted
Species
Balistes japonicus Tilesius, 1809 · unaccepted
Monacanthus broekii Bleeker, 1858 · unaccepted
Monacanthus trachyderma Bleeker, 1860 · unaccepted
Paramonacanthus japonicas (Tilesius, 1809) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Stephanolepis japonicus (Tilesius, 1809) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Balistes japonicus Tilesius, 1809) Tilesius, W.G. von. (1809). Description de quelques poissons observés pendant son voyage autour du monde. <em>Mémoires de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou.</em> v. 2 (art. 20): 212-249, Pls. 13-17.
page(s): 212, Pl. 13 [details]
page(s): 212, Pl. 13 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Paramonacanthus japonicus (Tilesius, 1809). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220067 on 2025-07-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Balistes japonicus Tilesius, 1809) Tilesius, W.G. von. (1809). Description de quelques poissons observés pendant son voyage autour du monde. <em>Mémoires de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou.</em> v. 2 (art. 20): 212-249, Pls. 13-17.
page(s): 212, Pl. 13 [details]
original description (of Monacanthus broekii Bleeker, 1858) Bleeker, P. (1858). Vierde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Japan. <em>Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae.</em> v. 3 (art. 10): 1-46, Pls. 1-4. [details]
original description (of Monacanthus trachyderma Bleeker, 1860) Bleeker, P. (1860). Zesde bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Japan. <em>Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae.</em> v. 8 (art. 1): 1-104. [details]
basis of record Smith, J. L. B.; Smith, M. M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. 1st edition. <em>Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown.</em> i-viii + 1-215, Pls. 1-98. [details]
page(s): 212, Pl. 13 [details]
original description (of Monacanthus broekii Bleeker, 1858) Bleeker, P. (1858). Vierde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Japan. <em>Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae.</em> v. 3 (art. 10): 1-46, Pls. 1-4. [details]
original description (of Monacanthus trachyderma Bleeker, 1860) Bleeker, P. (1860). Zesde bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Japan. <em>Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae.</em> v. 8 (art. 1): 1-104. [details]
basis of record Smith, J. L. B.; Smith, M. M. (1963). The fishes of Seychelles. 1st edition. <em>Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown.</em> i-viii + 1-215, Pls. 1-98. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Japanese leatherjacketHairfinned leatherjacket | [details] |
| Japanese | ヨソギ | [details] |
| Russian | Японский единорог | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Monacanthus broekii Bleeker, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Balistes japonicus Tilesius, 1809)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Stephanolepis japonicus (Tilesius, 1809))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Monacanthus trachyderma Bleeker, 1860)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Balistes japonicus Tilesius, 1809)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paramonacanthus japonicus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes japonicus Tilesius, 1809)
To FishBase (from synonym Monacanthus broekii Bleeker, 1858)
To FishBase (from synonym Monacanthus trachyderma Bleeker, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Paramonacanthus japonicas (Tilesius, 1809))
To FishBase (from synonym Stephanolepis japonicus (Tilesius, 1809))
To FishBase images (Paramonacanthus japonicus, Papua New Guinea, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Balistes japonicus Tilesius, 1809)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Paramonacanthus japonicus USNM 424600 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Paramonacanthus japonicus USNM 424605 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Monacanthus broekii Bleeker, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Balistes japonicus Tilesius, 1809)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Stephanolepis japonicus (Tilesius, 1809))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Monacanthus trachyderma Bleeker, 1860)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Balistes japonicus Tilesius, 1809)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paramonacanthus japonicus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Balistes japonicus Tilesius, 1809)
To FishBase (from synonym Monacanthus broekii Bleeker, 1858)
To FishBase (from synonym Monacanthus trachyderma Bleeker, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Paramonacanthus japonicas (Tilesius, 1809))
To FishBase (from synonym Stephanolepis japonicus (Tilesius, 1809))
To FishBase images (Paramonacanthus japonicus, Papua New Guinea, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Balistes japonicus Tilesius, 1809)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Paramonacanthus japonicus USNM 424600 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Paramonacanthus japonicus USNM 424605 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
