Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Percoidei
Superfamilia: Percoidea
Familia: Monodactylidae
Genus: Monodactylus
Species: M. argenteus – M. falciformis – M. kottelati – M. sebae
Name
Monodactylus Lacepède, 1801
Monodactylus argenteus
References
Links
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Nomenclator Zoologicus
Monodactylus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Monodactylus species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Vernacular names
English: Moonfishes, Moonies
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.[2]
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[2]
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 and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Monodactylus in FishBase. December 2013 version.
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