This is a very nice perciforme species, I've had 2 adults of this Mono way back in 2006 one died when there was a power outage and the second one died out because it was bullied by my african cichlids. I recently obtained 2 specimens from Edgar's place and hopefully they will last longer. The good thing about Mono sebaes is they can permanently acclimatize in a not so brackish and sometimes freshwater aquarium. That is why we often see them in pet stores than the other species.
COMMON NAME:
African Moony, Malaysian angelfish, Mono sebae and Rich man's angelfish
MAGALLANES/ MANALILI NAME:
Mono angelgfish
LOCAL NAMES:
Bayang, Ilak, Muray-buray, Pampano and Sampirot
SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Monodactylus sebae
This is the Mono Argentus, i got to keep one juvinile that was given to me by a vendor from manalili, but unfortunately, it died two days after i got it, probably due to improper handling and/or osmotic shock since the vendor mixed it with the feeder fish that he is selling. This is also a very nice perciforme, but it requires diffrerent SGRs as it matures, so you will really need to take into account the raising of the salinity of the tank water as it grows. Some hobbiest said that a perfect hobbiest for this specimen are those who have a marine tank, because unlike the mono sebaes, you will need to place the mono argentus in a marine tank when it reaches it maximum size otherwise it will not be very happy and may as well die. This Mono has a more elaborative yellow coloration on its fins.
COMMON NAME:
Silver Moony and Mono argentus
MAGALLANES/ MANALILI NAME:
None
LOCAL NAMES:
Bayang, Ilak, Muray-buray, Pampano and Sampirot
SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Monodactylus argenteus
The information below applies to both species
ORIGIN: Southeast Asian countries, The Philippines, Australia, Canary Islands and Senegal to Angola.
DIET: Livefoods that fit in its mouth, thawed fish/srimp meat, FDs and All standard fish foods
NOTES:
Monos have a fin-nipping behaviour and may sometimes be aggressive towards its own kind. Just like other Brackish dwelling perciformes, they have no known sexual differences and are hermaproditic. They will not breed in captivity.
IDENTIFICATION:
Personally, i have come across with only two mono species the M. sebae and the M. argentus, but some textbooks and references have information of two more species its the M. falciformis ( full moony) and the M. kottelati.