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Ephippidae - Batfishes

Ephippidae - Batfishes

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Access images and fact sheets of the ephippid fishes on the site. The family includes the batfishes and spadefishes.

Ephippidae

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Fish publications - 2010

The following papers published in 2010 have used specimens from the Australian Museum fish collection.

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Roundface Batfish, Platax teira Forsskål, 1775

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Fish Section Visitors 2023

Every year many scientists visit the Australian Museum for their research. This gallery shows images of some of the people who visited the Fish Section during 2023.

Pelagic to demersal transition in a coral-reef fish, the orbicular batfish Platax orbicularis

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The table below lists all fish families known from Australian waters. The site contains information on 1487 species in 274 families.

His Imperial Majesty Emperor Akihito of Japan

Fish Section Research Associates

The Fish Section's Research Associates are appointed in recognition of their contribution to the Section's research and collections.

Fish publications - 2013

The 2013 publications in the list below all cite specimens from the Australian Museum fish collection.

Longfin Batfish, <i>Platax pinnatus</i>

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Longfin Batfish, Platax pinnatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Monodactylidae - Silver Batfishes

Access images and fact sheets of the monodactylid fishes. The family contains the diamondfishes, moonfishes and silver batfishes.

Starry Seabat, <i>Halieutaea stellata</i>

Ogcocephalidae - Batfishes

Discover images and fact sheets of the ogcocephalid fishes. These fishes have been called batfishes, handfishes and seabats.

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