WoRMS taxon details
Monocentris chrysadamas Su, Lin & Ho, 2022
1609894 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1609894)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Su, Y.; Lin, H.-C.; Ho, H.-C. (2022). A new cryptic species of the pineapple fish genus Monocentris (Family Monocentridae) from the western Pacific Ocean, with redescription of M. japonica (Houttuyn, 1782). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5189(1): 180-203., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5189.1.18 [details]
Type locality contained in West Pacific
type locality contained in West Pacific [details]
Etymology The specific name chrysadamas, treated as a noun in apposition, is a combination of Greek “chrys” and “adamas”,...
Etymology The specific name chrysadamas, treated as a noun in apposition, is a combination of Greek “chrys” and “adamas”, meaning “golden” and “diamond”, in reference to its yellowish body color when alive and diamond-shaped body scales. Moreover, the meaning of these two words in Chinese also refers to a famous agricultural variety of pineapple in Taiwan, which this new pineapple fish resembles. [details]
WoRMS (2026). Monocentris chrysadamas Su, Lin & Ho, 2022. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1609894 on 2026-01-25
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Nomenclature
original description
Su, Y.; Lin, H.-C.; Ho, H.-C. (2022). A new cryptic species of the pineapple fish genus Monocentris (Family Monocentridae) from the western Pacific Ocean, with redescription of M. japonica (Houttuyn, 1782). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5189(1): 180-203., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5189.1.18 [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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology The specific name chrysadamas, treated as a noun in apposition, is a combination of Greek “chrys” and “adamas”, meaning “golden” and “diamond”, in reference to its yellowish body color when alive and diamond-shaped body scales. Moreover, the meaning of these two words in Chinese also refers to a famous agricultural variety of pineapple in Taiwan, which this new pineapple fish resembles. [details]
