Synonyma
Aledon storeri Castelnau, 1861; Cephalus brevis Shaw, 1804; Cephalus ortagoriscus Risso, 1827; Cephalus pallasianus Shaw, 1804; Diodon carinatus Mitchill, 1828; Diodon mola Pallas, 1770; Diodon nummularis Walbaum, 1792; Diplanchias nasus Rafinesque, 1810; Mola aculeata Koelreuter, 1766; Mola aspera Nardo, 1827; Mola hispida Nardo, 1827; Mola rotunda Cuvier, 1797; Molacanthus pallasii Swainson (ex Steller), 1839; Orthragoriscus blochii Ranzani, 1839; Orthragoriscus fasciatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801; Orthragoriscus ghini Ranzani, 1839; Orthragoriscus hispidus Bloch & Schneider, 1801; Orthragoriscus redi Ranzani, 1839; Orthragoriscus retzii Ranzani, 1839; Orthragoriscus rondeletii Ranzani, 1839; Orthragus luna Rafinesque, 1810; Ozodura orsini Ranzani, 1839; Trematopsis willugbei Ranzani, 1839; Tympanomium planci Ranzani, 1839.
České názvy
měsíčník svítivý
Diesener, G., Keller, E., Koch, I., Militz, C., Schmitt, M., Schmitz, S., Sigl, A., Terofal, F., Witt, R., Hoffmann, J. & Steinbach, G. (ed.) 2002. Ryby — Zoologická encyklopedie. Euromedia Group - Knižní klub, Praha. 160 str.
Terofal F. & Militz, C. 1996. Mořské ryby v evropských vodách. Ikar, Praha, 287 str.
Typová lokalita
Mediterranean Sea (including Montpellier, France; Genoa and Rome, Italy); Middleton-on-Sea, West Sussex, England, U. K., English Channel; Panzance, Cornwall, England, U. K., Northeastern Atlantic.
Velikost
333 cm.
Původní popis
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae, Ed. X. (Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.) Holmiae. Systema Nat. ed. 10 v. 1: i-ii + 1-824.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.