Animal Diversity Web

Monodactylus argenteus

Diamond moonfish

(Also: Kitefish; Natal moonie; Sea kite; Silver and black butterflyfish)

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
        
        Order Perciformes
        
        Family Monodactylidae (Moonyfishes or fingerfishes)
        
        Genus Monodactylus
        
        Species Monodactylus argenteus (Diamond moonfish)