falciformis, Monodactylus Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1801:131, 132 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 3; ref. 2710] No locality stated [Port Louis, Mauritius, southwestern Indian Ocean]. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-5441 (dry). Type catalog: Fricke 2025:13 [ref. 42678]. Illustrated on Pl. 5 (fig. 4) of Lacepède 1800 [ref. 2709], but with vernacular name 'Monodactyle falciforme'. Based on 'Psettus spinis pinnarum ventralium loco duabus' in Commerson 1767-1771:1-7 [309-316] [ref. 41290] (see Fricke 2025:13 [ref. 42678]). Also appeared in Sonnini 1803:147, 148 (vol. 8) [ref. 30473]. •Valid as Monodactylus falciformis Lacepède 1801 -- (Dor 1984:165 [ref. 29757], Heemstra 1986:607 [ref. 5660], Desoutter 1986:338 [ref. 6212], Allen 1991:140 [ref. 21090], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:868 [ref. 20764], Skelton 1993:359 [ref. 24071], Poll & Gosse 1995:103 [ref. 24781], Goren & Dor 1994:46 [ref. 25356], Fricke 1999:325 [ref. 24106], Skelton 2001:359 [ref. 27406], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S111 [ref. 27377], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:255 [ref. 28072], Fricke et al. 2009:71 [ref. 30213], Psomadakis et al. 2015:290 [ref. 34104], Fricke et al. 2018:232 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:21 [ref. 36883], Heemstra 2022:345 [ref. 39773], Fricke 2025:13 [ref. 42678], Whitfield 2025:217 [ref. 42563]). Current status: Valid as Monodactylus falciformis Lacepède 1801. Monodactylidae. Distribution: Red Sea; western Indian Ocean: Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Pakistan. IUCN (2016): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.