African moony

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African moony
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Pisces
Order: Perciformes
Family: Monodactylidae
Genus: Monodactylus
Species: M. sebae
Binomial name
Monodactylus sebae
Cuvier, 1829

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.

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