Family Ephippidae - Spadefishes, batfishes and scats
Order : Acanthuriformes Ephippidae Ephippidae
Class : Teleostei
No. in FishBase : Genera : 8 | Species : 15 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
Environment : Fresh : No | Brackish : Yes | Marine : Yes
Division : Marine
Aquarium : some
First Fossil Record : lower   Tertiary   lower   Eocene Ref. Berg, L.S. 1958
Remark : Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific; marine, rarely brackish. Anal fin with 3 spines. Compressed laterally and deep-bodied. Mouth small; vomer or palatines toothless; comblike series of large blunt gill rakers on first epibranchial. Omnivores of algae and small invertebrates. Thought to be pelagic spawners. Juveniles of Platax species are popular and unproblematic aquarium species, but grow very fast.
Etymology : Latin, ephippium = that is for putting on a horse, similar in shape to a depression of the sphenoid bone; 1841 ( Ref. 45335).
Reproductive guild : nonguarders
Typical activity level :
Main Ref. : Nelson, J.S. 1994
Coordinator :
Deep Fin Classification : Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Acanthopterygii | Percomorphaceae | Eupercaria | | | Ephippiformes | | | Ephippidae

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Ephippidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Ephippus orbis (Bloch, 1787)
acceptedseniornew
Chaetodon orbis Bloch, 1787
synonymseniororiginal
! Ephippeus orbis (Bloch, 1787)
synonymseniornew
! Epippus orbis (Bloch, 1787)
synonymseniornew
Ephippus goreensis Cuvier, 1831
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
Ephippus faber (non Broussonnet, 1782)
misappliedmisappliedmisapplied
Ephippus gigas (non Cuvier, 1831)
misappliedmisappliedmisapplied
Chaetodipterus faber (Broussonet, 1782)
acceptedseniornew
Chaetodon faber Broussonet, 1782
synonymseniororiginal
Chaetodipterus zonatus (Girard, 1858)
acceptedseniornew
Ephippus zonatus Girard, 1858
synonymseniororiginal
Chaetodipterus lippei Steindachner, 1895
acceptedseniororiginal
Ephippus lippei (Steindachner, 1895)
synonymseniornew
Chaetodipterus goreensis (non Cuvier, 1831)
misappliedmisappliednew
Platax teira (Fabricius, 1775)
acceptedseniornew
Chaetodon teira Fabricius, 1775
synonymseniororiginal
! Platax teria Fabricius, 1775
synonymseniororiginal
! Platax terra (Fabricius, 1775)
synonymseniornew
! Platax tiera (Fabricius, 1775)
synonymseniornew
Platax orbicularis (non Forsskål, 1775)
misappliedmisappliednew
Platax pinnatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
acceptedseniornew
Chaetodon pinnatus Linnaeus, 1758
synonymseniororiginal
Platax orbicularis (Forsskål, 1775)
acceptedseniornew
Chaetodon orbicularis Forsskål, 1775
synonymseniororiginal
! Platax obricularis (Forsskål, 1775)
synonymseniornew
! Platax orbicularia (Forsskål, 1775)
synonymseniornew
! Platax orbicularius (Forsskål, 1775)
synonymseniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
Platax vespertilio (Bloch, 1787)
synonymjuniornew
Platax ehrenbergii Cuvier, 1831
synonymjuniororiginal
Platax blochii Cuvier, 1831
synonymjuniororiginal
Platax guttulatus Cuvier, 1831
ambiguoushomonymoriginal
! Platax guttulatuas Cuvier, 1831
synonymhomonymoriginal
Platax pinnatus (non Linnaeus, 1758)
misappliedmisappliednew
Platax batavianus Cuvier, 1831
acceptedseniororiginal
Platax boersii Bleeker, 1853
acceptedseniororiginal
! Platax boersi (Bleeker, 1853)
synonymseniornew
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Girella sarissophorus (Cantor, 1849)
synonymseniornew
Tripterodon orbis Playfair, 1867
acceptedseniororiginal
! Tripterodon ornis Playfair, 1867
synonymseniororiginal
Parapsettus panamensis (Steindachner, 1876)
acceptedseniornew
Psettus panamensis Steindachner, 1876
synonymseniororiginal
Zabidius novemaculeatus (McCulloch, 1916)
acceptedseniornew
Platax novemaculeatus McCulloch, 1916
synonymseniororiginal
! Zabidius noveamaculatus (McCulloch, 1916)
synonymseniornew
! Zabidus novemaculeatus (McCulloch, 1916)
synonymseniornew
acceptedseniororiginal
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