WoRMS taxon details
Ephippidae
AphiaID: 151426
AphiaID: 151426
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Added by Database Management Team | |||||||
| Rank | Family | |||||||
| Parent | Perciformes | |||||||
| Source |
basis of record: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] | |||||||
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Genus Chaetodipterus Lacepède, 1802 Genus Ephippus Cuvier, 1816 Genus Parapsettus Genus Platax Cuvier, 1816 Genus Proteracanthus Genus Rhinoprenes Genus Tripterodon Playfair, 1867 Genus Zabidius Whitley, 1930 Genus Ephippeus accepted as Ephippus Cuvier, 1816 Genus Zabidus accepted as Zabidius Whitley, 1930 | |||||||
| Environment | marine, brackish | |||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||
| Note |
Description: Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific; 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. [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151426 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Ephippidae. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151426 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||
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