African moony
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| African moony | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Pisces |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Monodactylidae |
| Genus: | Monodactylus |
| Species: | M. sebae |
| Binomial name | |
| Monodactylus sebae (Cuvier, 1829) |
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The African moony, Monodactylus sebae, is a fingerfish in the family Monodactylidae. It is a brackish and saltwater fish from the eastern Atlantic, ranging from the Canary Islands down to Angola. It favours mangrove swamps and similar shallow waters.
[edit] In the aquarium
This species is quite widely kept in brackish and saltwater water aquaria; though is has only very rarely been bred in aquaria, it is otherwise hardy and easy to care for.
[edit] References
- Monodactylus sebae (TSN 169469). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved on 24 January 2006.
- "Monodactylus sebae". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. 10 2005 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2005.
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