WoRMS taxon details
Monodactylus sebae (Cuvier, 1829)
278304 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:278304)
accepted
Species
Chaetodon rhombeus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 · unaccepted
Psettias sebae (Cuvier, 1829) · unaccepted
Psettus sebae Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Psettus sebae Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348
page(s): 193 [details]
page(s): 193 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Monodactylus sebae (Cuvier, 1829). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=278304 on 2026-03-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chaetodon rhombeus Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Bloch, M.E.; Schneider, J.G. (1801). M.E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. <em>Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum.</em> Pp i-lx + 1-584, Pls. 1-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/5750#/summary
page(s): 235 [details]
original description (of Psettus sebae Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348
page(s): 193 [details]
page(s): 235 [details]
original description (of Psettus sebae Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G. (1829). Le Règne Animal distribué, d'apres son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Déterville, Paris.</em> Edition 2. v. 2: i-xv + 1-406., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31771348
page(s): 193 [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal Chinese Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Pathway/vector Other (Ornamental Trade) [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Psettias sebae (Cuvier, 1829))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Psettus sebae Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Chaetodon rhombeus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Monodactylus sebae)
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon rhombeus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Psettias sebae (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Psettus sebae Cuvier, 1829)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Psettus sebae Cuvier, 1829)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Psettus sebae Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Chaetodon rhombeus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Monodactylus sebae)
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon rhombeus Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Psettias sebae (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Psettus sebae Cuvier, 1829)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Psettus sebae Cuvier, 1829)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To ITIS
