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African Moony
Monodactylus sebaeCare essentials
At a glance- Recorded adult size
- Up to 25 cm
- Diet
- Carnivore
About this organism
- Environment
- Brackish
- Organism group
- Fish
- Recorded region
- Eastern Atlantic
Health & readinessExisting monitoring guidance and preparation
Monitoring prompts, not diagnoses. Seek qualified help for severe, fast-moving or uncertain symptoms.
Osmotic stress
Rapid breathing, lethargy, erratic swimming or decline after a salinity or water-chemistry change.
What to check
Measure salinity and water chemistry, then correct any mismatch gradually rather than making another sudden change.
Water-quality stress
Rapid breathing, surface gasping, clamped fins, lethargy or several fish declining together.
What to check
Test ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, pH and temperature immediately and correct unsafe values gradually.
Before bringing an organism home, review its adult space, social needs, food provision, water conditions and the existing inhabitants. Unassessed details still need confirmation.
Research & SourcesCare basis, identity and areas still awaiting review
This catalogue record is awaiting a full source review. The details below distinguish editorial care guidance from natural observations and estimates.
- Scientific identity
- Monodactylus sebae
- Family
- Monodactylidae
- Record basis
- FishBase · 26.07
- Temperature basis
- FishBase stock temperature range
- pH basis
- FishSnap brackish planning baseline
- Space basis
- FishSnap conservative planning baseline derived from adult size, water type, social ecology and family
- Lifespan
- Recorded basis: FishSnap size/family planning estimate. A reviewed captive lifespan is not established here.
- Conservation & regulation
- Current assessment, rights and jurisdiction review are not available in this profile.