title: Monodactylus
text: # Monodactylus
  
  Monodactylus is a genus of moonyfishes found in fresh, brackish and marine waters from the eastern Atlantic, through the Indian to the western Pacific oceans.
  
  ## Species
  
  There are currently four recognized species in this genus:
  
  * Monodactylus argenteus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Silver moony)
  * Monodactylus falciformis Lacépède, 1801 (Full moony)
  * Monodactylus kottelati Pethiyagoda, 1991 (Dwarf moony)
  * Monodactylus sebae (G. Cuvier, 1829) (African moony)
  