Monocentris is a genus of pinecone fishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
| Monocentris | |
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| Monocentris japonica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Trachichthyiformes |
| Family: | Monocentridae |
| Genus: | Monocentris Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801 |
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Monocentris chrysadamas (Yo Su, Hsiu-Chin Lin, and Hsuan-Ching Ho, 2022)[2] - diamond pineconefish
- Monocentris japonica (Houttuyn, 1782) - Japanese pineapplefish
- Monocentris neozelanicus (Powell, 1938) - Maori pineconefish
- Monocentris reedi (L. P. Schultz, 1956) - Reed's pineconefish