WoRMS taxon details
Ephippidae Bleeker, 1859
- Genus Chaetodipterus Lacepède, 1802
- Genus Ephippus Cuvier, 1816
- Genus Parapsettus Steindachner, 1876
- Genus Platax Cuvier, 1816
- Genus Proteracanthus Günther, 1859
- Genus Rhinoprenes Munro, 1964
- Genus Tripterodon Playfair, 1867
- Genus Zabidius Whitley, 1930
- Genus Ephippeus accepted as Ephippus Cuvier, 1816 (misspelling)
- Genus Epippus accepted as Ephippus Cuvier, 1816 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Zabidus accepted as Zabidius Whitley, 1930 (misspelling)
marine, brackish, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific; Anal fin with 3 spines. Compressed laterally and deep-bodied. Mouth small; vomer or palatines...
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]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Ephippidae Bleeker, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151426 on 2024-08-16
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taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors
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context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
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context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
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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]