Chaetodipterus
Chaetodipterus | |
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Atlantic spadefish | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Chordata
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Genus: | Chaetodipterus Lacépède, 1802
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Type species | |
Chaetodon plumieri Bloch, 1787
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Chaetodipterus is a genus of spadefishes.
Species[]
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Chaetodipterus faber (Broussonet, 1782) (Atlantic spadefish)
- Steindachner, 1895 (West African spadefish)
- Chaetodipterus zonatus (Girard, 1858) (Pacific spadefish)
References[]
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Chaetodipterus in FishBase. April 2013 version.
Categories:
- Chaetodipterus
- Ephippidae
- Marine fish genera
- Taxa named by Bernard Germain de Lacépède
- Perciformes stubs