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Moonfishes

Menidae

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Menidae
Family recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Reference taxon from EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Trunk
Menidae
Family recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 0.9, Wikimedia Commons, Wikimedia Commons, wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 한국어 위키백과, wikipedia DE, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, Wikidata, Wikidata, Wikidata, wikipedia FI, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, wikipedia PT, wikipedia EU, wikipedia AF, wikipedia LT, wikipedia LA, wikipedia LA, NCBI, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, wikipedia IT, wikipedia ES, wikipedia EN, wikipedia emerging languages, wikipedia emerging_languages, GBIF classification, wikipedia FR, Paleobiology Database, Barcode of Life Data Systems, and NCBI GGBN GBIF BHL BOLDS data coverage
Menidae
Recognized by Timor Sea Species List, NMNH Fishes, Australia Species List, China Species List, Myanmar Species List, Pakistan Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Philippines Species List, Singapore Species List, South Africa Species List, Taiwan Species List, Sri Lanka Species List, Vietnam Species List, Japan Species List, English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa, Indonesia Species List, Andaman Sea Species List, Arabian Sea Species List, Arafura Sea Species List, Bali Sea Species List, Banda Sea Species List, Bay of Bengal Species List, Bismarck Sea Species List, Coral Sea Species List, Eastern China Sea Species List, Gulf of Thailand Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Java Sea Species List, Laccadive Sea Species List, Malacca Strait Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, Persian Gulf Species List, Sea of Japan Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, Seto Inland Sea Species List, Singapore Strait Species List, South China Sea Species List, Sulu Sea Species List, Timor Sea Species List, South Pacific Species List, Furui 2020, Furui 2020, and OBIS environmental data records
Menidae Fitzinger 1873
Family recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Alternative Names

Menidae
Harvest ancestor according to The Fish Database of Taiwan, EOL authors, FAO Fishery Statistics, Mozambique Species List, World Register of Marine Species, Global Biotic Interactions, Paleobiology Database, and Fishbase

Common Names

English

moonfishes preferred
Recognized by English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa
moonfish
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species and Paleobiology Database

Finnish

Kirvesahvenet preferred
Recognized by christinaflann and admin
Kirveskalat
prefer
Recognized by christinaflann and admin

Japanese

ギンカガミ科 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020, World Register of Marine Species, Furui 2020, piaf, and admin

Curated hierarchies for Menidae

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Euteleostei
Neoteleostei
Acanthopterygii
Menidae (this page)
Mene
Acanthuriformes
Ambassidae
Anabantiformes
Atheriniformes
Batrachoidiformes
Beloniformes
Beryciformes
Blenniiformes
Callanthiidae
Caproiformes
Carangiformes
Centrarchiformes
Centrogenyidae
Centropomidae
Chaetodontiformes
Cichliformes
Congrogadidae
Cyprinodontiformes
Dinolestidae
Dinopercidae
Embiotocidae
Emmelichthyidae
Ephippiformes
Gerreiformes
Gobiesociformes
Gobiiformes
Grammatidae
Holocentriformes
Istiophoriformes
Kurtiformes
Labriformes
Lactariidae
Leptobramidae
Lobotiformes
Lophiiformes
Lutjaniformes
Malacanthidae
Monodactylidae
Moronidae
Mugiliformes
Ophidiiformes
Opistognathidae
Parascorpididae
Pempheriformes
Perciformes
Plesiopidae
Pleuronectiformes
Polycentridae
Polynemidae
Pomacanthidae
Pomacentridae
Priacanthiformes
Pseudochromidae
Scatophagidae
Sciaenidae
Scombriformes
Siganidae
Sillaginidae
Spariformes
Sphyraenidae
Synbranchiformes
Syngnathiformes
Tetraodontiformes
Toxotidae
Trachichthyiformes
Uranoscopiformes

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 0.9

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Actinopteri
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Osteoglossocephalai
Clupeocephala
Euteleosteomorpha
Neoteleostei
Eurypterygia
Ctenosquamata
Acanthomorphata
Euacanthomorphacea
Percomorphaceae
Carangiaria
Menidae (this page)
Mene
Carangiformes
Centropomidae
Istiophoriformes
Lactariidae
Leptobramidae
Pleuronectiformes
Polynemidae
Sphyraenidae
Toxotidae

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Menidae (this page)
Mene Lacépède 1803
Abadzekhia Bannikov 1985
Acanthoclinidae
Acanthuridae
Acestrus Woodward 1901
Amarsipidae
Ambassidae
Amphistiidae
Apogonidae
Apostasella Whitley 1935
Ardiodus White 1931
Arripidae
Badidae
Beerichthys Casier 1966
Belontiidae
Blenniidae
Blotichthys Sorbini 1984
Bovichthyidae
Bovichtidae
Carangidae
Caristiidae
Centracanthidae
Centrogeniidae
Centropomidae
Channichthyidae
Channidae
Cheimarrhichthyidae
Cheimarrichthyidae
Clinidae
Coracinidae
Coryphaenidae
Creediidae
Cryptacanthodidae
Datnioididae
Dinopercidae
Duplexdens Monsch 2005
Elassomatidae
Eleotridae
Embiotocidae
Enoplosidae
Ephippidae
Euzaphlegidae
Gempylidae
Gerreidae
Gobiidae
Grammatidae
Haemulidae
Hapalogeniidae
Hapalogenyidae
Harpagiferidae
Inabaperca Yabumoto & Uyeno 2000
Ioscion Jordan 1921
Isurichthys Woodward 1901
Kyphosidae
Labrisomidae
Latidae
Latridae
Leiognathidae
Lompoquia Jordan & Gilbert 1919
Luciocephalidae
Luvaridae
Malacopygaeus Leriche 1906
Monodactylidae
Mullidae
Nemipteridae
Neocybium Leriche 1906
Notograptidae
Ocystias Jordan & Gilbert 1920
Odonteobolca Krell 1991
Oncolepis Bassani 1898
Oplegnathidae
Palaeoperca Micklich 1978
Palaeorhynchidae
Palaeothunnus Bannikov 1978
Parapygaeus Pellegrin 1907
Pentacerotidae
Percidae
Perciliidae
Pholidichthyidae
Polyprionidae
Pomacanthidae
Pomacentridae
Pseudaphritidae
Pseudochromidae
Pseudoumbrina
Ptereleotridae
Ptilichthyidae
Pygaeus Agassiz 1835
Rhamphognathus Agassiz 1835
Saldenioichthys López-Arbarello, Arratia & Tunik 2003
Scaridae
Scatophagidae
Schindleriidae
Scombramphodon Woodward 1901
Scombrinus Woodward 1901
Sorbinia Bellwood 1995
Trispinacidae
Tunita Jordan & Gilbert 1919
Veronabrax Bannikov 2008
Voltamulloides Bannikov 2008
Zorzinichthyidae
154 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Actinopterygii
Teleostei
Acanthopterygii
Perciformes
Percoidei
Menidae (this page)
Mene Lacepède 1803
Acropomatidae
Aplodactylidae
Apogonidae
Arripidae
Banjosidae
Bathyclupeidae
Bramidae
Caesionidae
Callanthiidae
Carangidae
Caristiidae
Centracanthidae
Centrarchidae
Centrogeniidae
Centropomidae
Cepolidae
Chaetodontidae
Chandidae
Cheilodactylidae
Chironemidae
Cirrhitidae
Coryphaenidae
Datnioididae
Dichistiidae
Dinolestidae
Dinopercidae
Drepaneidae Gill 1972
Echeneidae
Emmelichthyidae
Enoplosidae
Epigonidae
Gerreidae
Glaucosomatidae
Grammatidae
Haemulidae
Howellidae
Inermiidae
Kuhliidae
Kyphosidae
Lactariidae
Lateolabracidae Springer & Raasch 1995
Latridae
Leiognathidae
Leptobramidae
Lethrinidae
Lobotidae
Lutjanidae
Malacanthidae
Monodactylidae
Moronidae
Mullidae
Nandidae
Nematistiidae
Nemipteridae
Notograptidae
Opistognathidae
Oplegnathidae
Ostracoberycidae
Pempheridae
Pentacerotidae
Percichthyidae
Percidae
Plesiopidae
Polycentridae
Polynemidae
Polyprionidae
Pomacanthidae
Pomatomidae
Priacanthidae
Pseudochromidae
Rachycentridae
Sciaenidae
Scombropidae
Serranidae
Sillaginidae
Sparidae
Sphyraenidae
Symphysanodontidae Lee 1989
Terapontidae
Toxotidae

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Actinopterygii
Actinopteri
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Osteoglossocephalai
Clupeocephala
Euteleosteomorpha
Neoteleostei
Eurypterygia
Ctenosquamata
Acanthomorphata
Euacanthomorphacea
Percomorphaceae
Carangaria
Carangaria incertae sedis
Menidae (this page)
Mene
Centropomidae
Lactariidae
Leptobramidae
Polynemidae
Sphyraenidae
Toxotidae

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Menidae Fitzinger 1873 (this page)
Acanthuridae
Acanthuridae Bonaparte 1835
Acropomatidae
Ammodytidae
Ammodytidae Bonaparte 1835
Anarhichadidae Bonaparte 1835
Apogonidae
Apogonidae Günther 1859
Banjosidae
Blenniidae
Blenniidae Rafinesque 1810
Bramidae Bonaparte 1831
Callanthiidae
Callanthiidae Ogilby 1899
Callionymidae
Callionymidae Bonaparte 1831
Carangidae
Carangidae Rafinesque 1815
Caristiidae
Caristiidae Gill & Smith 1905
Centrolophidae Bonaparte 1846
Cepolidae
Cepolidae Rafinesque 1815
Chaetodontidae
Chaetodontidae Rafinesque 1815
Chiasmodontidae Jordan & Gilbert 1883
Cichlidae
Clinidae Swainson 1839
Coryphaenidae Rafinesque 1815
Creediidae
Draconettidae
Echeneidae Rafinesque 1810
Eleotridae
Emmelichthyidae Poey 1867
Epigonidae
Epigonidae Poey 1861
Gempylidae Gill 1862
Gerreidae
Gobiidae
Gobiidae Cuvier 1816
Haemulidae
Haemulidae Gill 1885
Howellidae
Istiophoridae Rafinesque 1815
Kyphosidae
Kyphosidae Jordan 1887
Labridae
Labrisomidae
Latidae
Leiognathidae
Leiognathidae Gill 1893
Lethrinidae
Lobotidae Gill 1861
Lutjanidae
Luvaridae Gill 1885
Moronidae Jordan & Evermann 1896
Mullidae
Mullidae Rafinesque 1815
Nandidae
Nomeidae Günther 1860
Odontobutidae
Osphronemidae
Pempheridae
Percichthyidae
Percichthyidae Jordan & Eigenmann 1890
Percophidae
Pholidae Gill 1893
Pinguipedidae
Plesiopidae
Polynemidae Rafinesque 1815
Polyprionidae Bleeker 1874
Pomacanthidae
Pomacentridae
Pomacentridae Bonaparte 1831
Pomatomidae Gill 1863
Priacanthidae
Priacanthidae Günther 1859
Rachycentridae Gill 1896
Rhyacichthyidae
Schindleriidae
Sciaenidae Cuvier 1829
Scombridae Rafinesque 1815
Serranidae
Serranidae Swainson 1839
Siganidae Richardson 1837
Sillaginidae
Sillaginidae Richardson 1846
Sparidae
Sparidae Rafinesque 1818
Stichaeidae
Stromateidae
Trichiuridae
Tripterygiidae
Xenisthmidae
Zoarcidae
Scombrolabracidae Fowler 1925
Scaridae Rafinesque 1810
Centracanthidae Gill 1893
Draconettidae Jordan & Fowler 1903
Labridae Cuvier 1816
237 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Menidae (this page)
Mene
Mene Lacepède 1803
Acanthuridae
Acanthuridae Bonaparte 1835
Acropomatidae
Ammodytidae
Ammodytidae Bonaparte 1835
Anarhichadidae Bonaparte 1835
Apogonidae
Apogonidae Günther 1859
Banjosidae
Blenniidae
Blenniidae Rafinesque 1810
Bramidae Bonaparte 1831
Callanthiidae
Callanthiidae Ogilby 1899
Callionymidae
Callionymidae Bonaparte 1831
Carangidae
Carangidae Rafinesque 1815
Caristiidae
Caristiidae Gill & Smith 1905
Centrolophidae Bonaparte 1846
Cepolidae
Cepolidae Rafinesque 1815
Chaetodontidae
Chaetodontidae Rafinesque 1815
Chiasmodontidae Jordan & Gilbert 1883
Cichlidae
Clinidae Swainson 1839
Coryphaenidae Rafinesque 1815
Creediidae
Draconettidae
Echeneidae Rafinesque 1810
Eleotridae
Emmelichthyidae Poey 1867
Epigonidae
Epigonidae Poey 1861
Gempylidae Gill 1862
Gerreidae
Gobiidae
Gobiidae Cuvier 1816
Haemulidae
Haemulidae Gill 1885
Howellidae
Istiophoridae Rafinesque 1815
Kyphosidae
Kyphosidae Jordan 1887
Labridae
Labrisomidae
Latidae
Leiognathidae
Leiognathidae Gill 1893
Lethrinidae
Lobotidae Gill 1861
Lutjanidae
Luvaridae Gill 1885
Moronidae Jordan & Evermann 1896
Mullidae
Mullidae Rafinesque 1815
Nandidae
Nomeidae Günther 1860
Odontobutidae
Osphronemidae
Pempheridae
Percichthyidae
Percichthyidae Jordan & Eigenmann 1890
Percophidae
Pholidae Gill 1893
Pinguipedidae
Plesiopidae
Polynemidae Rafinesque 1815
Polyprionidae Bleeker 1874
Pomacanthidae
Pomacentridae
Pomacentridae Bonaparte 1831
Pomatomidae Gill 1863
Priacanthidae
Priacanthidae Günther 1859
Rachycentridae Gill 1896
Rhyacichthyidae
Schindleriidae
Sciaenidae Cuvier 1829
Scombridae Rafinesque 1815
Serranidae
Serranidae Swainson 1839
Siganidae Richardson 1837
Sillaginidae
Sillaginidae Richardson 1846
Sparidae
Sparidae Rafinesque 1818
Stichaeidae
Stromateidae
Trichiuridae
Tripterygiidae
Xenisthmidae
Zoarcidae
Scombrolabracidae Fowler 1925
Scaridae Rafinesque 1810
Centracanthidae Gill 1893
Draconettidae Jordan & Fowler 1903
Labridae Cuvier 1816
237 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.
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