乐生活Monacanthus chinensis in New South Wales, Australia, is very strange. In many places, it differs from individuals in other regions. It is not known whether the individual differences caused by the environment or the individual in New South Wales may actually be independent species.
1. Because, first of all, in terms of body size, the Chinese monothorax in China and other tropical waters of the Western Pacific Ocean is generally the largest and a little larger than the palm of the palm, while the individuals in Xinzhou can grow up to a large size, 30 cm long is a common household meal.
2. On the pattern, the color of the Chinese monothorax in China and other tropical waters of the Western Pacific Ocean is relatively dim, and there are many brown spots on its body, while the individuals in Xinzhou are very distinct in brown and white, and the brown spots are very small, which makes the brown spots look smoother than those in other areas.
3. In China and other tropical waters of the Western Pacific Ocean, there are many small spines on the body of the Chinese monothorax, but not in Xinzhou.
4. Individuals in Xinzhou seem to be very cold-resistant and can be distributed to very southern waters of Xinzhou.
Fig. 1-3 Individuals in China and other tropical waters of the Western Pacific Ocean
Figure 1-2 was taken in Hong Kong, China, by H.T. Cheng, source inaturalist.
Figure 3 was taken in Singapore by Baryonix, source inaturalist.
Figure 4-6 is an individual from Xinzhou.
Figure 4-5 was taken in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, by me.
Figure 6 was taken in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, by sarah-sydney dives, source inaturalist
Figure 7: I don’t know who changed Wikipedia. The Chinese monothorax actually distributes in the Yangtze River and Yellow River, and the Chinese new freshwater protozoa get.
