Species that contain: Monocentris and japonicus [ 2 ] records

carinata, Monocentris Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:100, Pl. 24 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Japan. Regarded as an alternate name for Sciaena cataphracta Thunberg 1790; plate 24 is labeled as Monocentris cataphracta and an unneeded new name for Gasterosteus japonicus Houttuyn 1782. •Synonym of Monocentris japonica (Houttuyn 1782) -- (Kotlyar 1996:202 [ref. 23292], Kotlyar 2002:476 [ref. 26270], Paxton et al. 2006:766 [ref. 28994], Su et al. 2022:183 [ref. 39633]). Current status: Synonym of Monocentris japonica (Houttuyn 1782). Monocentridae. Habitat: marine.

japonicus, Gasterosteus Houttuyn [M.] 1782:329, Pl. 2 [Verhandelingen der Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen, Haarlem v. 20 (pt 2); ref. 2220] Four miles off rocket Center, Kimotsuki, Kimotsuki-gun, Kagoshima, Japan, 31°12'35.4"N, 131°09'03.6"E, depth 95 meters [Nagasaki, Japan]. Neotype: KAUM-I 73145. See Boeseman 1995:6 [ref. 21811]. Neotype designation by Fricke 1999:125 [ref. 24106] is invalid; see Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. Neotype designated by Su et al. 2022:183 [ref. 39633]. •Valid as Monocentris japonica (Houttuyn 1782) -- (Dor 1984:69 [ref. 29757], Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:109 [ref. 6441], Yamakawa in Okamura et al. 1985:431, 651 [ref. 8056], Smith 1986:413 [ref. 5712] as japonicus, Allen & Swainston 1988:44 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:364 [ref. 12442], Paulin et al. 1989:151 [ref. 24556], Baranes & Golani 1993:305 [ref. 22372], Kuiter 1993:71 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:159 [ref. 25479], Goren & Dor 1994:17 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:94 [ref. 22896], Kotlyar 1996:202 [ref. 23292], Allen 1997:70 [ref. 23977], Chen et al. 1997:31 [ref. 26476] as japonicus, Cheng & Zhou 1997:231 [ref. 26385] with year as 1872 [sic], Kuiter 1997:56 [ref. 25488], Konishi 1999:50 [ref. 24259], Paxton 1999:2214 [ref. 24788], Nakabo 2000:502 [ref. 25086], Paxton in Randall & Lim 2000:601 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:25 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:502 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:226, 550 [ref. 26218], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S100 [ref. 27377], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:133 [ref. 28072], Shinohara et al. 2005:421 [ref. 28370], Paxton et al. 2006:766 [ref. 28994], Fricke et al. 2009:32 [ref. 30213], Motomura et al. 2010:83 [ref. 31256], Fricke et al. 2011:372 [ref. 31242], Larson et al. 2013:71 [ref. 32988], Jawad et al. 2014:1 [ref. 33634], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:111 [ref. 36167] as japonicus, Roberts 2015:1008 [ref. 34256], Ali et al. 2018:315 [ref. 36183], Fricke et al. 2018:110 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:44 [ref. 36273], Jawad et al. 2018:102 [ref. 36262], Eagderi et al. 2019:24 [ref. 37020], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 9 [ref. 38321], Kim et al. 2020:83 [ref. 39118], Psomadakis et al. 2020:347 [ref. 37272], Sonoyama et al. 2020:34 [ref. 37637], Heemstra 2022:383 [ref. 39704], Su et al. 2022:183 [ref. 39633], Murase et al. 2023:38 [ref. 40935]). Current status: Valid as Monocentris japonica (Houttuyn 1782). Monocentridae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Saya de Malha Bank, Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Philippines, Taiwan, China, north to Korea, Sea of Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to South Australia, New Caledonia and Kermadec Islands. Habitat: marine.