Family Monodactylidae - Moonyfishes or fingerfishes | ||||
Order | : | Eupercaria/misc | ||
Class | : | Teleostei | ||
No. in FishBase | : | Genera : 2 | Species : 6 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes | ||
Environment | : | Fresh : Yes | Brackish : Yes | Marine : Yes | ||
Division | : | Marine | ||
Aquarium | : | some | ||
First Fossil Record | : | lower Tertiary lower Eocene | Ref. Berg, L.S. 1958 | |
Remark | : | Distribution: west Africa, Indo-Pacific. Chiefly marine and brackish; occasionally entering freshwater. Body deep and highly compressed. Pelvic fins present in juveniles, lacking or vestigial in adults in Monodactylus. Dorsal fin with the base long and scaly; 5-8 short and graduated spines. Anal fin base long; 3 spines. Scales cycloid or ctenoid. Often silvery. Feed on small fish and invertebrates. Assumed to be nonguarders (RF). In large schools in river mouths. Common freshwater aquarium fish. | ||
Etymology | : | Greek, monos = only + Greek, daktylos = finger ( Ref. 45335). | ||
Reproductive guild | : | nonguarders | ||
Typical activity level | : | |||
Main Ref. | : | Nelson, J.S. 1994 | ||
Coordinator | : | |||
Deep Fin Classification | : | Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Acanthopterygii | Percomorphaceae | Eupercaria | | | incertae | | | Monodactylidae |
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The list ordered as follows:
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Scientifc name | Status | Senior/Junior synonym | Combination |
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Monodactylus falciformis Lacepède, 1801 | accepted | senior | original |
Psettus falciformis (Lacepède, 1801) | synonym | senior | new |
Psettus commersonii Cuvier, 1831 | synonym | junior | original |
Stromatoidea layardi Castelnau, 1861 | synonym | junior | original |
Psettus orbicularis Guichenot, 1866 | synonym | junior | original |
Monodactylus argenteus (Linnaeus, 1758) | accepted | senior | new |
Chaetodon argenteus Linnaeus, 1758 | synonym | senior | original |
Psettus argenteus (Linnaeus, 1758) | synonym | senior | new |
! Monodachtylus argenteus (Linnaeus, 1758) | synonym | senior | new |
! Monodactylus argentues (Linnaeus, 1758) | synonym | senior | new |
Scomber rhombeus Forsskål, 1775 | synonym | junior | original |
Psettus rhombeus (Forsskål, 1775) | synonym | junior | new |
Monodactylus sebae (Cuvier, 1829) | accepted | senior | new |
Psettus sebae Cuvier, 1829 | synonym | senior | original |
Psettias sebae (Cuvier, 1829) | synonym | senior | new |
Chaetodon rhombeus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | ambiguous | other | original |
Monodactylus kottelati Pethiyagoda, 1991 | accepted | senior | original |
Schuettea scalaripinnis Steindachner, 1866 | accepted | senior | original |
Schuettea woodwardi (Waite, 1905) | accepted | senior | new |
Bramichthys woodwardi Waite, 1905 | synonym | senior | original |