Ephippidae

Spadefishes, batfishes and scats

15 species

1. 1Chaetodipterus faber (Broussonet, 1782) · Atlantic spadefishbrackish · ocean · subtropical · reef
2. 2Chaetodipterus lippei Steindachner, 1895 · West African spadefishbrackish · ocean · tropical
3. 3Chaetodipterus zonatus (Girard, 1858) · Pacific spadefishocean · subtropical · reef
4. 4Ephippus goreensis Cuvier, 1831 · East Atlantic African spadefishbrackish · ocean · tropical
5. 5Ephippus orbis (Bloch, 1787) · Orbfishocean · tropical · reef
6. 6Parapsettus panamensis (Steindachner, 1876) · Panama spadefishocean · tropical · reef
7. 7Platax batavianus Cuvier, 1831 · Humpback batfishocean · tropical · reef
8. 8Platax boersii Bleeker, 1853 · Golden spadefishocean · tropical · reef
9. 9Platax orbicularis (Forsskål, 1775) · Orbicular batfishbrackish · ocean · tropical · reef
10. 10Platax pinnatus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Dusky batfishocean · tropical · reef
11. 11Platax teira (Fabricius, 1775) · Longfin batfishocean · tropical · reef
12. 12Proteracanthus sarissophorus (Cantor, 1849)brackish · ocean · tropical · reef
13. 13Rhinoprenes pentanemus Munro, 1964 · Threadfin scatbrackish · ocean · tropical
14. 14Tripterodon orbis Playfair, 1867 · African spadefishocean · tropical · reef
15. 15Zabidius novemaculeatus (McCulloch, 1916) · Ninespine batfishocean · tropical · reef

Source: FishBase v25.04 (fishbase.org), via cboettig/fishbase, fetched 2026-10-18.