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
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. (2025). FishBase. Monodactylidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151469 on 2025-05-14
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Taxonomy
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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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]
