A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Ephippidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantic spadefishChaetodipterus faber (Broussonet, 1782) | EphippidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ephippus orbis (Bloch, 1787) | EphippidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Panama spadefishParapsettus panamensis (Steindachner, 1876) | EphippidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| humpback batfishPlatax batavianus Cuvier, 1831 | EphippidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Platax boersii Bleeker, 1853 | EphippidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| batfishPlatax orbicularis (Forsskål, 1775) | EphippidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| dusky batfishPlatax pinnatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | EphippidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| longfin baitfishPlatax teira (Forsskål, 1775) | EphippidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Proteracanthus sarissophorus (Cantor, 1849) | EphippidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rhinoprenes pentanemus Munro, 1964 | EphippidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| African spadefishTripterodon orbis Playfair, 1867 | EphippidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Zabidius novemaculeatus (McCulloch, 1916) | EphippidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.