pinecone fish

pinecone fish

      any member of either of two genera of fishes (Cleidopodus and Monocentris) belonging to the family Monocentridae (order Beryciformes), found in deepwater marine habitats of the Indo-Pacific region. The common name comes from the characteristically oval body covered with enlarged, spiny platelike scales, which thus resembles a pinecone. Luminescent organs occur on the lower jaw.

      The Japanese pinecone fish (M. japonicus) normally reaches a length of 13 cm (5 inches) and travels in schools near the ocean bottom. Although small, it is commercially important as a food fish and as a saltwater aquarium fish.

      A second species (M. reedi) is known only from Isla San Felix, off the coast of Chile, and a third (M. neozelanicus) inhabits the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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