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Monodactylus sebae (Cuvier, 1829)

African moony
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Equatorial Guinea country information

Common names: Afve-ngo
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Uses: no uses
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ek.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Desoutter, M., 1990
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Common names from other countries

Breton africain, Rambalí, Guinean fingerfish, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Monodactylidae (Moonyfishes or fingerfishes)
Etymology: Monodactylus: Greek, monos = one + Greek, daktylos = finger (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Cuvier.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; pelagic-neritic.   Tropical; 24°C - 28°C (Ref. 2060); 16°N - 17°S, 25°W - 14°E

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