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Taxon: Family Ephippidae Bleeker, 1859 - spadefishes and batfishes (fish)
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Types

Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]Ephippinae (Subfamily)
TypeEphippus (Genus) Cuvier, 1816 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 426; 27 Feb 2024. [inferred]

Variants

Former rankEphippinae (Subfamily) Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 426. [inferred]
Different spellingEphippididae (Family)

Synonyms

Synonymous nameChaetodipteridae (Family) Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 609.
IncludingPlatacidae (Family) Ref: [Anonymous], 1998
IncludingPlatacinae (Subfamily) Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 426. [inferred]
IncludingRhinoprenidae (Family) Ref: [Anonymous], 1998
IncludingRhinoprenidae (Family) Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 9 Sep 2025; 9 Sep 2025. [inferred]

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full nameschopvissen

Vernacular Names (English)

Full namespadefishes and batfishes Ref: R. van der Laan et al. (eds.), 2021: (14 Mar 2025).
spadefishes Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 497.
spadefishes, batfishes and scats Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2490.
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