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Circular Batfish
Platax orbicularis (Forsskål, 1775)

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Chordata - chordates » class Actinopterygii - ray-finned fishes » order Acanthuriformes » family Ephippidae - spadefishes, batfishes and scats » genus Platax

Scientific synonyms

Chaetodon orbicularis Forsskål, 1775
Platax blochii Cuvier, 1831
Platax ehrenbergii Cuvier, 1831
Platax guttulatuas Cuvier, 1831
Platax obricularis (Forsskål, 1775) (misspelling) ^m
Platax orbicularia (Forsskål, 1775) (misspelling) ^m
Chaetodon vespertilio Bloch, 1787
Platax vespertilio (Bloch, 1787)

Other names

= Circular Spadefish
= Circular Spadefish Batfish
= Narrowbanded Batfish
= Orbicular Batfish
= Orbiculate Batfish
= Round Batfish

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Links and literature

FishBase [5737]

Froese R., Pauly D. (eds.): FishBase [http://www.fishbase.org]

AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [species/20882]

Plíštil J. (Ed.) (2009): AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [http://aquatab.net] [as Platax orbicularis (Forsskål, 1775)]
Data retrieved on: 17 January 2010

Zootier-Lexikon [2929:fledermausfische-ephippidae-platax&Itemid=709#orbicularis]

Dollinger P.: Zootier-Lexikon [as Platax orbicularis]
Data retrieved on: 7 January 2021

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