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Silver moony
Monodactylus argenteus
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Silver moony
- Scientific
- Monodactylus argenteus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Maximum size
- Up to about 27 cm (standard length); commonly 12 cm
- Depth and habitat
- Open water over reefs and the atoll shelf, recorded from 0 to 12 m; also enters brackish water
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2016
Description
A very deep-bodied, almost diamond-shaped silvery fish with yellow-tipped dorsal and anal fins, reaching about 27 cm. It schools in bays, mangroves and estuaries.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Monodactylus-argenteus.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Monodactylus_argenteus_Natural_History_Museum_University_of
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.