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Ephippidae

Ephippidae is a family of percomorph fishes in the suborder Moronoidei of the order Acanthuriformes. These fishes, commonly known as spadefishes, are found in the tropical and temperate oceans of the world, except for the central Pacific.

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Ephippidae

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related to Taxonomy · 12
Ephippidae → Acanthuriformes, Drepaneidae, Dutch, Ephippiformes, Eupercaria, Fishes, Moronidae, Moroniformes, Other, Pieter Bleeker, The, World
related to Genera · 10
Ephippidae → Archaephippus Blot, Cuvier, Eoplatax Blot, Günther, Lacépède, Laparon Casier, Munro, Playfair, Steindachner, Whitley
related to Characteristics · 7
Ephippidae → Atlantic, Chaetodipterus, Rhinoprenes, The, There, They, Young
related to Distribution · 7
Ephippidae → Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean, Brazil, Chaetodipterus, New England, Pacific, While Ephippidae
related to Biology · 4
Ephippidae → Great Barrier Reef, Overgrowth, Platax, The
related to External links · 3
Ephippidae → Integrated Taxonomic Information System, July, Retrieved
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Ephippidae → family of percomorph fishes in the suborder Moronoidei of the order Acanthuriformes

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family fishes spadefishes order world platax fin found chaetodipterus acanthuriformes authorities soft atlantic central pacific genera moronidae drepaneidae rhinoprenes seaweed

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Ephippidaeis afamily of percomorph fishes in the suborder Moronoidei of the order Acanthuriformes0.90text
spongesinstance ofbenthic and planktonic invertebrates0.80text
zoanthariansinstance ofbenthic and planktonic invertebrates0.80text
polychaete wormsinstance ofbenthic and planktonic invertebrates0.80text
gorgoniansinstance ofbenthic and planktonic invertebrates0.80text
tunicatesinstance ofbenthic and planktonic invertebrates0.80text
parrotfishinstance ofThe batfish Platax pinnatus may play the role of a critical functional group in the Great Barrier Reef by eating seaweed that other herbivorous fishes0.80text
surgeonfish will not touchinstance ofThe batfish Platax pinnatus may play the role of a critical functional group in the Great Barrier Reef by eating seaweed that other herbivorous fishes0.80text
Ephippidaerelated to BiologyThe0.60section
Ephippidaerelated to BiologyPlatax0.60section
Ephippidaerelated to BiologyGreat Barrier Reef0.60section
Ephippidaerelated to BiologyOvergrowth0.60section

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