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Ephippidae - Batfishes
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/ephippidae-batfishes/

Use the table to access images and fact sheets of the ephippid fishes on the site. The family includes the batfishes and spadefishes.

Published 10 July 2012

Ephippidae
Longfin Batfish, Platax pinnatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/longfin-batfish-platax-pinnatus/

Longfin Batfish, Platax pinnatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Published 03 October 2017

Ephippidae Batfish Ephippididae fish
Roundface Batfish, Platax teira Forsskål, 1775
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/roundface-batfish-platax-teira/

Roundface Batfish, Platax teira Forsskål, 1775

Published 17 June 2013

fishes of sydney harbour Ephippididae Ephippidae
Batfish in Sydney Harbour
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/batfish-in-sydney-harbour/

Sydney Harbour doesn't immediately spring to mind when you think of tropical fishes. That's why we were recently surprised to hear about juvenile Roundface Batfish that have been seen near Clifton Gardens and in Parsley Bay, in the outer harbour.

Published 26 August 2011

Batfish blog fishes of sydney harbour Ephippidae
Hyperostosis in a Banded Sicklefish
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/hyperostosis-in-a-banded-sicklefish/

Hyperostosis in a Banded Sicklefish

Published 06 May 2022

Ephippidae

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