 The fish was first described in 1850 by <unk> Jacob <unk> and Hermann <unk> , when it was observed along with other fauna off the coasts of Japan . They initially placed it in the genus <unk> , as <unk> cirrhifer ; however , it was transferred to the genus Stephanolepis by David Starr Jordan and Henry <unk> Fowler in 1903 . The species name derives from the Latin word cirrhifer , which means " bearing fringes of hair " . 
