Silver moony
Monodactylus argenteus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Eupercaria incertae sedis
- Family
- Monodactylidae
- Genus
- Monodactylus
Where to Find
Found in 35 diving areas across 25 countries and 6 regions.
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 140 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 7 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 1 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 1 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 6 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 2 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 2 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 1 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 4 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 4 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 4 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 2 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 2 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 3 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 143 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 1 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 22 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 606 records
- Hikkaduwa & South Coast, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 5 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 1 records
- Koh Rong Archipelago, Cambodia - 1 records
- Koh Tang & Offshore, Cambodia - 1 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 2 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 24 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 24 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 7 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 9 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 1 records