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    Species Accepted

    Monodactylus argenteus (Linnaeus, 1758)

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Recorded as introduced in 2 countries or islands

      2 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      ChinaNo
      MexicoNo

      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      42 results
      Besugo mantequilla Spanish
      Butter Bream English
      Butter-Bream English
      Butter-fish English
      Butterfish English
      Diamond Fish English
      Diamond-fish English
      Fingerfisk Norwegian Bokmål
      Kitefish English
      Lune d'argent French

      Treatments

      2 results

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      11 results
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      Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm], 1. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.542 10.5962/bhl.title.542
      MacNae, W., Kalk, M. (eds). (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand University Press, Johannesburg. I–iv, 163 pp. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=6266
      Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. Post Mortem Auctoris Edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Hauniae., Moller, Copenhagen, xxxiv + 140 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2154 10.5962/bhl.title.2154
      Zicha O, Hrb J, Maňas M, Novák J, and BioLib contributors. BioLib.cz: Taxonomic tree of plants and animals with photos. 1999 - 2019, https://www.biolib.cz/en/main/
      Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025). https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=1128
      FishBase
      http://www.ubio.org/browser/details.php?namebankID=901057
      Randall, J. E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. Immel Publishing. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=6091
      Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=261686

      Citation

      Monodactylus argenteus (Linnaeus, 1758) in undefined