WoRMS taxon details
Monodactylus falciformis Lacepède, 1801
218696 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218696)
accepted
Species
Psettus commersonii Cuvier, 1831 · unaccepted
Psettus falciformis (Lacepède, 1801) · unaccepted
Psettus orbicularis Guichenot, 1866 · unaccepted
Stromatoidea layardi Castelnau, 1861 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lacepède, B.G.E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34. [details]
Note Type species of the genus.
Unreviewed
Type species Type species of the genus. [details]
Description Inhabits coastal waters including estuaries and lagoons (Ref. 5213). Seldom enters freshwater.
Description Inhabits coastal waters including estuaries and lagoons (Ref. 5213). Seldom enters freshwater. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Monodactylus falciformis Lacepède, 1801. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218696 on 2025-03-26
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Nomenclature
original description
Lacepède, B.G.E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34. [details]
original description (of Psettus commersonii Cuvier, 1831) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1831). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome septième. Livre septième. Des Squamipennes. Livre huitième. Des poissons à pharyngiens labyrinthiformes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 7: i-xxix + 1-531, Pls. 170-208. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-440, Valenciennes 441-531. i-xxii + 1-399 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 250 [details]
original description (of Psettus orbicularis Guichenot, 1866) Guichenot, A. (1866). Catalogue des poissons de Madagascar de la Collection du Musée de Paris avec la description de plusieurs espèces nouvelles. <em>Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg.</em> v. 12 (= Ser. 2, v. 2): 129-148. [details]
original description (of Stromatoidea layardi Castelnau, 1861) Castelnau, F. L. (1861). Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe. <em>Paris.</em> i-vii + 1-78., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1722840#page/9/mode/1up [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Psettus commersonii Cuvier, 1831) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1831). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome septième. Livre septième. Des Squamipennes. Livre huitième. Des poissons à pharyngiens labyrinthiformes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 7: i-xxix + 1-531, Pls. 170-208. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-440, Valenciennes 441-531. i-xxii + 1-399 in Strasbourg edition.].
page(s): 250 [details]
original description (of Psettus orbicularis Guichenot, 1866) Guichenot, A. (1866). Catalogue des poissons de Madagascar de la Collection du Musée de Paris avec la description de plusieurs espèces nouvelles. <em>Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg.</em> v. 12 (= Ser. 2, v. 2): 129-148. [details]
original description (of Stromatoidea layardi Castelnau, 1861) Castelnau, F. L. (1861). Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe. <em>Paris.</em> i-vii + 1-78., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1722840#page/9/mode/1up [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Inhabits coastal waters including estuaries and lagoons (Ref. 5213). Seldom enters freshwater. [details]Type species Type species of the genus. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | full moony | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Psettus orbicularis Guichenot, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Psettus falciformis (Lacepède, 1801))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Psettus commersonii Cuvier, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Stromatoidea layardi Castelnau, 1861)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Monodactylus falciformis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Psettus commersonii Cuvier, 1831)
To FishBase (from synonym Stromatoidea layardi Castelnau, 1861)
To FishBase (from synonym Psettus falciformis (Lacepède, 1801))
To FishBase (from synonym Psettus orbicularis Guichenot, 1866)
To FishBase images (Monodactylus falciformis, Sri Lanka, by FAO)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Monodactylus falciformis RAD112176-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Monodactylus falciformis RAD112176-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Psettus orbicularis Guichenot, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Psettus falciformis (Lacepède, 1801))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Psettus commersonii Cuvier, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Stromatoidea layardi Castelnau, 1861)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Monodactylus falciformis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Psettus commersonii Cuvier, 1831)
To FishBase (from synonym Stromatoidea layardi Castelnau, 1861)
To FishBase (from synonym Psettus falciformis (Lacepède, 1801))
To FishBase (from synonym Psettus orbicularis Guichenot, 1866)
To FishBase images (Monodactylus falciformis, Sri Lanka, by FAO)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Monodactylus falciformis RAD112176-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Monodactylus falciformis RAD112176-001)
To ITIS
