Moonfish may refer to several groups of fishes: * Family

Monodactylidae Monodactylidae is a family of perciform bony fish commonly referred to as monos, moonyfishes or fingerfishes. All are strongly laterally compressed with disc-shaped bodies and tall anal and dorsal fins. Unusually for fish, scales occur on their d ...

(properly ''moonyfishes'') *

Ocean sunfish The ocean sunfish (''Mola mola''), also known as the common mola, is one of the largest bony fish in the world. It is the type species of the genus ''Mola'', and one of five extant species in the family Molidae. It was once misidentified as th ...

is called "moon fish" in many languages *

Opah The opah, also commonly known as moonfish, sunfish (not to be confused with Molidae), cowfish, kingfish, and redfin ocean pan are large, colorful, deep-bodied Pelagic zone, pelagic lampriform Fish, fishes comprising the genus ''Lampris'', of ...

, genus ''Lampris'' * Genus ''Citharinus'', especially ''

Citharinus citharus ''Citharinus citharus'', commonly called moonfish or mleke, is a species of lutefish from tropical Africa. ''C. citharus'' has detritivorous habits leading to its stomach containing high volumes of indigestible materials such as chitin, cellulos ...

'' * Genus ''

Mene The moonfish of the genus ''Mene'', the sole extant genus of the family Menidae, are disk-shaped fish which bear a vague resemblance to gourami, thanks to their thread-like pelvic fins. Today, the genus is represented only by ''Mene maculata'' ...

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Mene maculata ''Mene maculata'', the moonfish, is the only extant member of the genus ''Mene'' and of the family Menidae. The body is highly compressed laterally and very deep vertically. The ventral profile is steep, with a sharp ventral edge. The caudal (tai ...

'', only extant member of the genus * ''Selene'' (fish) *

Atlantic spadefish The Atlantic spadefish (''Chaetodipterus faber'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the Family (biology), family Ephippidae, the spadefishes. It is the symbol of the North Carolina Aquariums. Taxonomy and etymology The scien ...

(''Chaetodipterus faber'') *

Cusk (fish) The cusk (''Brosme brosme'') is a North Atlantic cod-like fish in the ling family Lotidae. It is the only species in the genus ''Brosme''. Its other common names include European cusk, tusk torsk, brosmius and moonfish.Southern platyfish The southern platyfish, common platy, or moonfish (''Xiphophorus maculatus'') is a species of freshwater fish in family Poeciliidae of order Cyprinodontiformes. A live-bearer, it is closely related to the green swordtail (''X. hellerii'') an ...

Other uses: * Moonfish, a Throughbred horse which placed second in the 1988

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* Moonfish (pilot),

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of a squadron commander in the

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