Monodactylus

Monodactylus
Silver Moony (M. argenteus)
African Moony (M. sebae)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
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.[1]

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Monodactylus in FishBase. December 2013 version.
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