 The fish was first described in 1850 by Coenraad Jacob Temminck and Hermann Schlegel , when it was observed along with other fauna off the coasts of Japan . They initially placed it in the genus Monacanthus , as Monacanthus cirrhifer ; however , it was transferred to the genus Stephanolepis by David Starr Jordan and Henry Weed Fowler in 1903 . The species name derives from the Latin word cirrhifer , which means " bearing fringes of hair " . 
 The fish was first described in 1850 by Coenraad Jacob Temminck and Hermann Schlegel , when it was observed along with other fauna off the coasts of Japan . They initially placed it in the genus Monacanthus , as Monacanthus cirrhifer ; however , it was transferred to the genus Stephanolepis by David Starr Jordan and Henry Weed Fowler in 1903 . The species name <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>derives</mark></a> from the Latin word cirrhifer , which <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>means</mark></a> " bearing fringes of hair " . 
The fish was first described in 1850 by Coenraad Jacob Temminck and Hermann Schlegel , when it was observed along witt other fauna offf da coasts of Japan . They initially placed it in the genus Monacanthus , as Monacanthus cirrhifer ; however , it was transferred to the genus Stephanolepis by David Starr Jordan and Henry Weed Fowler in 1903 . Tdaspecies name derive from the Latin word cirrhifer , which mean " bearing fringes of hair " .