WoRMS taxon details
Monodactylidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898
Genus Monodactylus Lacepède, 1801
Genus Schuettea Steindachner, 1866
Genus Bramichthys Waite, 1905 accepted as Schuettea Steindachner, 1866
Genus Monodachtylus accepted as Monodactylus Lacepède, 1801 (misspelling)
Genus Psettias Jordan, 1906 accepted as Monodactylus Lacepède, 1801
Genus Psettus Cuvier (ex Commerson), 1829 accepted as Monodactylus Lacepède, 1801
Genus Stromatoidea Castelnau, 1861 accepted as Monodactylus Lacepède, 1801
Genus Schuettea Steindachner, 1866
Genus Bramichthys Waite, 1905 accepted as Schuettea Steindachner, 1866
Genus Monodachtylus accepted as Monodactylus Lacepède, 1801 (misspelling)
Genus Psettias Jordan, 1906 accepted as Monodactylus Lacepède, 1801
Genus Psettus Cuvier (ex Commerson), 1829 accepted as Monodactylus Lacepède, 1801
Genus Stromatoidea Castelnau, 1861 accepted as Monodactylus Lacepède, 1801
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Chiefly marine and brackish; sometimes entering fresh water. Distribution: west Africa, Indo-Pacific. Body deep and highly...
Description Chiefly marine and brackish; sometimes entering fresh water. Distribution: west Africa, Indo-Pacific. Body deep and highly compressed. Pelvic fins usually reduced or vestigial. Dorsal fin with the base long and scaly. Spines in dorsal fin 5-8, short and graduated. Anal fin base long; spines 3. Scales cycloid or ctenoid. Often silvery. Valued as aquarium fishes. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2023). FishBase. Monodactylidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151469 on 2023-03-30
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taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
[request] basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Description Chiefly marine and brackish; sometimes entering fresh water. Distribution: west Africa, Indo-Pacific. Body deep and highly compressed. Pelvic fins usually reduced or vestigial. Dorsal fin with the base long and scaly. Spines in dorsal fin 5-8, short and graduated. Anal fin base long; spines 3. Scales cycloid or ctenoid. Often silvery. Valued as aquarium fishes. [details]
