Typová lokalita
Off Dong-gang, Pingtung, southwestern Taiwan, northern South China Sea, circa 22°22'22"N, 120°27'34"E.
Původní popis
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). Zootaxa 5189 (no. 1): 180-203.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.