Monodactylus | |
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Silver Moony (M. argenteus) | |
African Moony (M. sebae) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Acanthuriformes |
Family: | Monodactylidae |
Genus: | Monodactylus Lacépède, 1801 |
Type species | |
Monodactylus falciformis Lacépède, 1801 | |
Synonyms | |
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Monodactylus is a genus of moonyfishes found in fresh, brackish and marine waters from the eastern Atlantic, through the Indian to the western Pacific oceans.
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:
- Monodactylus argenteus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Silver moony)
- Monodactylus falciformis Lacépède, 1801 (Full moony)
- Monodactylus kottelati Pethiyagoda, 1991 (Dwarf moony)
- Monodactylus sebae (G. Cuvier, 1829) (African moony)
References
- Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Monodactylidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Monodactylus". FishBase. December 2013 version.
Taxon identifiers | |
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