Monodactylus
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]
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| Silver Moony (M. argenteus) | |
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| African Moony (M. sebae) | |
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| Genus: | Monodactylus Lacépède, 1801 |
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| Monodactylus falciformis Lacépède, 1801 | |
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Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]
- 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
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Monodactylus in FishBase. December 2013 version.
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