Silver moony

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Monodactylus argenteus
Silver moony, Monodactylus argenteus
Silver moony, Monodactylus argenteus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Monodactylidae
Genus: Monodactylus
Species: M. argenteus
Binomial name
Monodactylus argenteus
Linnaeus, 1748

The Silver moony also known as the Monodactylus argenteus, is a perciform fish. Usually found in Red Sea and East Africa to Samoa, North to the Yaeyamas, south to New Caledonia and Australia [1]. Silver moony has a silver body in a tringular shape. They have a big eyes and crossed with a dark ray. Its fins are silver with yellow reflection.

This fish is often kept as a brackish fish in aquaria.

[edit] Rferences

  1. ^ "Monodactylus argenteus", fishbase.org. Retrieved 13/03/2007.