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.

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KINGDOM

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassTeleostei
OrderEupercaria incertae sedis
FamilyMonodactylidae

Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater

Observations recorded3,012,139,120

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 36
With media: 2
Family: Monodactylidae
Collections: USNM, CAS, JFBM, BPBM, WAM, ODU
Recorded in: Antarctica, Philippines, Indonesia, Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, Vietnam, South Africa, Australia

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Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Monodactylidae
Image: Monodactylus falciformis.jpg

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Commons category: Monodactylus
taxon name: Monodactylus
taxon rank: genus
topic's main category: Category:Monodactylus

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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: 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)

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