Family Monodactylidae - Moonyfishes or fingerfishes
Order : Eupercaria/misc Monodactylidae
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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Species/Synonymy list for the family Monodactylidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Monodactylus falciformis Lacepède, 1801
acceptedseniororiginal
Psettus falciformis (Lacepède, 1801)
synonymseniornew
Psettus commersonii Cuvier, 1831
synonymjuniororiginal
Stromatoidea layardi Castelnau, 1861
synonymjuniororiginal
Psettus orbicularis Guichenot, 1866
synonymjuniororiginal
Monodactylus argenteus (Linnaeus, 1758)
acceptedseniornew
Chaetodon argenteus Linnaeus, 1758
synonymseniororiginal
Psettus argenteus (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonymseniornew
! Monodachtylus argenteus (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonymseniornew
! Monodactylus argentues (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonymseniornew
Scomber rhombeus Forsskål, 1775
synonymjuniororiginal
Psettus rhombeus (Forsskål, 1775)
synonymjuniornew
Monodactylus sebae (Cuvier, 1829)
acceptedseniornew
Psettus sebae Cuvier, 1829
synonymseniororiginal
Psettias sebae (Cuvier, 1829)
synonymseniornew
Chaetodon rhombeus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
ambiguousotheroriginal
Monodactylus kottelati Pethiyagoda, 1991
acceptedseniororiginal
Schuettea scalaripinnis Steindachner, 1866
acceptedseniororiginal
Schuettea woodwardi (Waite, 1905)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
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