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(Redirected from Monodactylus falciformis) Genus of ray-finned fishes

Monodactylus
Silver Moony (M. argenteus)
African Moony (M. sebae)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Monodactylidae
Genus: Monodactylus
Lacépède, 1801
Type species
Monodactylus falciformis
Lacépède, 1801
Synonyms
  • Centropodus Lacépède, 1801
  • Psettus Commerson, 1801 (not available)
  • Acanthopodus Lacépède, 1802
  • Psettus G. Cuvier, 1829
  • Stromatoidea Castelnau, 1861
  • Psettias D. S. Jordan, 1906

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:

References

  1. 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.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Monodactylus". FishBase. December 2013 version.
Taxon identifiers
Monodactylus


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