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Genera in the family or subfamily Monodactylidae: [ 7 ] records

Acanthopodus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1802:558 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 Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1801:303 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.

Monodactylus Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1801:131 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], Fricke et al. 2018:231 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:105 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:178 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Monodactylus Lacepède 1801. Monodactylidae.

Psettias Jordan [D. S.] in Jordan & Seale 1906:236 Masc. Psettus sebae Cuvier 1831. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Monodactylus Lacepède 1801. Current status: Synonym of Monodactylus Lacepède 1801. Monodactylidae.

Psettus Commerson [P.] in Lacepède 1801:131 (footnote) 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. Suppressed. Monodactylidae.

Psettus Cuvier [G.] (ex Commerson) 1829:193 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 Castelnau [F. L.] 1861:44 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.