- 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.
In the aquarium
This species is quite widely kept in brackish and saltwater water aquaria; although it has only very rarely been bred in captivity, it is otherwise hardy and easy to care for.
References
- "Monodactylus sebae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=169469. Retrieved 24 January 2006.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2005). "Monodactylus sebae" in FishBase. 10 2005 version.
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