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: Monodactylus argenteus
Name
Monodactylus argenteus Linnaeus, 1758
Original combination: Chaetodon argenteus
References
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 272. Open access Reference page.
Monodactylus argenteus in the World Register of Marine Species
Links
ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus
Monodactylus argenteus – 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
Afrikaans: Natalse maanskynvis
العربية: سمكة الأصبع
Deutsch: Silberflossenblatt
English: Silver moony
français: Poisson-lune argenté
Nederlands: Zilverbladvis
norsk: Fingerfisk
ไทย: ปลาเฉี่ยวหิน
中文: 银大眼鲳
Monodactylus argenteus is a species of fish in the family Monodactylidae, the moonyfishes. Its common names include silver moonyfish, or natal moony,[2] butter bream, and diamondfish.[3] It is native to the western Pacific and Indian Oceans, including the Persian Gulf, Red Sea, and associated estuaries, such as the Mekong Delta.[2]
This species reaches a maximum length of about 27 centimeters. It is bright shiny silver with yellowish edges to the fins.[2] The dorsal and anal fins have black tips.[3] Juveniles have more yellow coloration[2] and are distinguished by two vertical black bands.[4]
A school of silver moony fish swimming above corals off the coast of Madagascar.
This species occurs in a wide variety of habitat types, including the open ocean, brackish waters, and the freshwater habitat of rivers.[2] In Australia it can be found in harbors and estuaries around piers.[3] Its ability to survive in a wide range of salinities makes it a model organism in the study of salinity tolerance.[4][5] Juveniles are especially tolerant to salinity changes, easily maintaining homeostasis in variable environments such as estuaries.[4]
Although the silver moony displays territorial behavior,[2] the species can be kept in saltwater aquaria and is easy to rear in captivity.[5] It can remain solitary or form schools. It is a detritivore and planktivore.
The myxozoan parasite Kudoa monodactyli was first described from and named after this fish.[6]
References
Azeroual, A.; Kaymaram, F.; Abdulqader, E.; Alnazry, H.; Al-Husaini, M.; Almukhtar, M.; Hartmann, S.; Alam, S.; Sparks, J.S. (2017). "Monodactylus argenteus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T166925A46644370. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T166925A46644370.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly, Editors. Monodactylus argenteus. FishBase. 2017.
Monodactylus argenteus. Fishes of Australia.
Kang, C., et al. (2012). Effects of low environmental salinity on the cellular profiles and expression of Na, K-ATPase and Na, K, 2Cl 2 cotransporter 1 of branchial mitochondrion-rich cells in the juvenile marine fish Monodactylus argenteus. Fish Physiol Biochem 38 665-678.
Yang, S., et al. (2015) Comparisons of two types of teleostean pseudobranchs, silver moony (Monodactylus argenteus) and tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus), with salinity‑dependent morphology and ion transporter expression. J Comp Physiol B185 677-693.
Gunter, N. L., et al. (2006). Characterization of Kudoa monodactyli n. sp.(Myxosporea: Multivalvulida) from the muscle of Monodactylus argenteus (Teleostei: Monodactylidae) from Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 53(5), 374.
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