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Monodactylus argenteus (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 218695

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Monodactylidae (Family) > Monodactylus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Monodactylus Lacepède, 1801
Synonymised
taxa
  Chaetodon argenteus Linnaeus, 1758
Monodachtylus argenteus (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
Monodactylus argentues (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
Psettus argenteus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Psettus rhombeus (Forsskål, 1775)
Scomber rhombeus Forsskål, 1775
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English mono  [details]
English silver moony  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Comores [details]
Djibouti [details]
East Africa [details]
Kenya [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mauritius [details]
Mozambique [details]
Red Sea [details]
Reunion [details]
Rodriguez [details]
Seychelles [details]
Somalia [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania [details]
Links To FishBase
To GenBank
To Barcode of Life (30 barcodes)
To ITIS
Note  Description: An active schooling fish usually found in estuaries, but may venture over silty coastal reefs. Feeds on plankton and detritus (Ref. 5213). Can enter and live in rivers (Ref. 4967). [details]
Images 
Monodactylus argenteus
Monodactylus argenteus
added on 2009-02-15 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
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Monodactylus argenteus
Monodactylus argenteus
added on 2010-06-10 - author: Collection VLIZ
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Edit
history
 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
1998-06-12 08:24:17Z  changed  Fondo, Esther
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2009). Monodactylus argenteus (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Nicolas Bailly (2009). World Database of Marine Pisces. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218695 on 2010-07-30
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