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Spadefishes
Ephippidae
Ephippidae is a family containing the spadefishes, with about eight genera and a total of 20 marine species. Well-known species include the Atlantic spadefish (Chaetodipterus faber) and the reef-dwelling genus Platax, the batfishes, which are kept as aquarium fish. They are spade-shaped and laterally compressed, and have very symmetrical, triangular dorsal and anal fins. They are shiny silver with areas of yellow and vertical brown or black banding. The eyes are often located in one of...
8 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 15 known species
Spadefishes
genusPlatax
Chaetodipterus
genusChaetodipterus
Zabidius
genusZabidius
Ephippus
genusEphippus
Tripterodon
genusTripterodon
Parapsettus
genusParapsettus
Proteracanthus
genusProteracanthus
Rhinoprenes
genusRhinoprenes
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49317.