FAMILY Monodactylidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898 [=Psettoidei, Monodactylinae] Notes: Psettoidei Bleeker 1859a:353 [ref. 16983] (family) Psettus [genus inferred from the stem, Article 11.7.1.1; also Bleeker 1859d:XXI [ref. 371]; preoccupied by Psettini Bonaparte 1846 in fishes, invalid, Article 55.3] Monodactylinae Jordan & Evermann 1898a:1667 [ref. 2444] (subfamily) Monodactylus [genus inferred from the stem, Article 11.7.1.1]

GENUS Monodactylus Lacepede, 1801 [=Monodactylus Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1801:131, Acanthopodus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802:558, Centropodus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1801:303, Psettias Jordan [D. S.] in Jordan & Seale 1906:236, Psettus Cuvier [G.] (ex Commerson) 1829:193, Stromatoidea Castelnau [F. L.] 1861:44] Notes: [ref. 2710]. Masc. Monodactylus falciformis Lacepède 1801. Type by monotypy. Genus description also appeared in Sonnini 1803:147 (vol. 8) [ref. 30473]. •Valid as Monodactylus Lacepède 1801 -- (Hayashi in Masuda et al. 1984:165 [ref. 6441], Desoutter 1986:338 [ref. 6212], Heemstra 1986:607 [ref. 5660], Allen 1991:140 [ref. 21090], Bauchot in Lévêque et al. 1992:706 [ref. 21590], Kottelat 2001:3217 [ref. 26115], Allen et al. 2006:1282 [ref. 29090], Vreven 2007:441 [ref. 30080], Kottelat 2013:362 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Monodactylus Lacepède 1801. Monodactylidae. (Acanthopodus) [ref. 4929]. Masc. Chaetodon argenteus Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent designation. Earliest type designation found is by Jordan 1917:64 [ref. 2407]. Acanthopus Agassiz 1846:3 [ref. 64] is an unjustified emendation. •Synonym of Monodactylus Lacepède 1801 -- (Desoutter 1986:338 [ref. 6212], Kottelat 2013:362 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Monodactylus Lacepède 1801. Monodactylidae. (Centropodus) [ref. 2710]. Masc. Scomber rhombeus Forsskål 1775. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Monodactylus Lacepède 1801 -- (Desoutter 1986:338 [ref. 6212], Kottelat 2013:362 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Monodactylus Lacepède 1801. Monodactylidae. (Psettias) [ref. 2497]. Masc. Psettus sebae Cuvier 1829. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Monodactylus Lacepède 1801. Current status: Synonym of Monodactylus Lacepède 1801. Monodactylidae. (Psettus) [ref. 995]. Masc. Chaetodon rhombeus Bloch & Schneider 1801. Type by subsequent designation. Appeared as "Les Psettus" with species mentioned in footnote, but without full latinization of Psettus; genus probably technically dates to a later work. Type designated by Jordan 1917:128 [ref. 2407]. •Synonym of Monodactylus Lacepède 1801 -- (Desoutter 1986:338 [ref. 6212], Heemstra 1986:607 [ref. 5660]). Current status: Synonym of Monodactylus Lacepède 1801. Monodactylidae. (Stromatoidea) [ref. 767]. Fem. Stromatoidea layardi Castelnau 1861. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Monodactylus Lacepède 1801 -- (Desoutter 1986:338 [ref. 6212], Kottelat 2013:362 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Monodactylus Lacepède 1801. Monodactylidae.

Species Monodactylus argenteus (Linnaeus, 1758) [=Chaetodon argenteus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:272, Chaetodon argenteus Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:224, Scomber rhombeus Forsskål [P. S.] 1775:58, xii] Notes: [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] India. Current status: Valid as Monodactylus argenteus (Linnaeus 1758). Monodactylidae. Distribution: Red Sea, Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, South Africa, Mozambique Channel, Madagascar and Mascarenes east to Caroline Islands (Micronesia), Mariana Islands and Samoa, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia and to New Caledonia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish. (argenteus B) [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] No locality. Current status: Synonym of Monodactylus argenteus (Linnaeus 1758). Monodactylidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine (rhombeus) [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. Current status: Synonym of Monodactylus argenteus (Linnaeus 1758). Monodactylidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

Species Monodactylus falciformis Lacepede, 1801 [=Monodactylus falciformis Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1801:131, 132, Psettus commersonii Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:250, Stromatoidea layardi Castelnau [F. L.] 1861:44, Trichopus monodactylus Shaw [G.] 1803:392, Psettus orbicularis Guichenot [A.] 1866:136] Notes: [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepéde) v. 3; ref. 2710] No locality stated [western Indian Ocean]. Current status: Valid as Monodactylus falciformis Lacepède 1801. Monodactylidae. Distribution: Red Sea, East Africa south to Cape Province (South Africa), Madagascar, Seychelles, Réunion and Mauritius (western Mascarenes) and Pakistan. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (commersonii) [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] Vanikoro Island, Santa Cruz Islands, southwestern Pacific. Current status: Synonym of Monodactylus falciformis Lacepède 1801. Monodactylidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (layardi) [Mémoire sur les poissons de l'Afrique australe; ref. 767] Algoa Bay and Natal, South Africa. Current status: Synonym of Monodactylus falciformis Lacepède 1801. Monodactylidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine (monodactylus) [General zoology or systematic natural history v. 4; ref. 4014] Current status: Synonym of Monodactylus falciformis Lacepède 1801. Monodactylidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (orbicularis) [Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg v. 12 (= Ser. 2, v. 2); ref. 14054] Madagascar. Current status: Synonym of Monodactylus falciformis Lacepède 1801. Monodactylidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

Species Monodactylus kottelati Pethiyagoda, 1991 [=Monodactylus kottelati Pethiyagoda [R.] 1991:164, Fig. 3] Notes: [Aquarien und Terrarien-Zeitschrift v. 44 (no. 3); ref. 21365] Puttalam Lagoon near Kalpitiya, about 8°14'N, 79°47'E, Sri Lanka. Current status: Valid as Monodactylus kottelati Pethiyagoda 1991. Monodactylidae. Distribution: Sri Lanka. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

Species Monodactylus sebae (Cuvier, 1829) [=Psettus sebae Cuvier [G.] 1829:193, Chaetodon rhombeus Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:235, Psettus sebae Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831:241, Pl. 189] Notes: [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] No locality. Current status: Valid as Monodactylus sebae (Cuvier 1829). Monodactylidae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Senegal to Angola, also Canary Islands. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (rhombeus) [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] No locality. Current status: Synonym of Monodactylus sebae (Cuvier 1829). Monodactylidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. (sebae CinV) [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 7; ref. 4881] Saint Louis, Senegal. Current status: Synonym of Monodactylus sebae (Cuvier 1829). Monodactylidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine. GENUS Schuettea Steindachner, 1866 [=Schuettea Steindachner [F.] 1866:53, Bramichthys Waite [E. R.] 1905:72] Notes: [ref. 20460]. Fem. Schuettea scalaripinnis Steindachner 1866. Type by monotypy. Appeared first in abstract as above, then in Steindachner 1866:449 [ref. 4210]; on p. 26 of separate. •Valid as Schuettea Steindachner 1866 -- (Gomon et al. 1994:605 [ref. 22532], Kottelat 2001:3217 [ref. 26115], Allen et al. 2006:1283 [ref. 29090], Vreven 2007:441 [ref. 30080], Gomon 2008:596 [ref. 30616]). Current status: Valid as Schuettea Steindachner 1866. Monodactylidae. (Bramichthys) [ref. 4562]. Masc. Bramichthys woodwardi Waite 1905. Type by monotypy. Misspelled Bramicthys in Zoological Record for 1906, correctly spelled in Zoological Record for 1905. •Synonym of Schuettea Steindachner 1866. Current status: Synonym of Schuettea Steindachner 1866. Monodactylidae.

Species Schuettea scalaripinnis Steindachner, 1866 [=Schuettea scalaripinnis Steindachner [F.] 1866:53] Notes: [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe v. 3 (no. 7); ref. 20460] Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia. Current status: Valid as Schuettea scalaripinnis Steindachner 1866. Monodactylidae. Distribution: Australia: east coast. Habitat: brackish, marine.

Species Schuettea woodwardi (Waite, 1905) [=Bramichthys woodwardi Waite [E. R.] 1905:72, Pl. 14] Notes: [Records of the Australian Museum v. 6 (no. 2); ref. 4562] Mandurah, Western Australia. Current status: Valid as Schuettea woodwardi (Waite 1905). Monodactylidae. Distribution: Australia: South Australia and Western Australia. Habitat: marine. ***********************************************

Unavailable names, uncertain taxa (genera)

Psettus Commerson [P.] in Lacepède 1801:131 (footnote) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepéde) v. 3; ref. 2710] Masc. Not available, first word of non- binominal name mentioned in passing under Monodactylus Lacepède 1801; used validly by Cuvier 1829. See remarks under Opinion 89 in Appendix B in Eschmeyer et al. 1990 [ref. 26735]. •In the synonymy of Monodactylus Lacepède 1801. Monodactylidae.