Ephippidae Bleeker 1859
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5376.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10249825 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038C8788-E808-FFFE-FF79-2F5DFB9A306D |
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Ephippidae Bleeker 1859 |
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Family Ephippidae Bleeker 1859 View in CoL View at ENA ( Fig. 5D View FIGURE 5 ). Spadefishes; Curacas, Catecismos, Pagualas, Polleras, Jambos
Description: Body deep, ovate and compressed; usually up to 70 cm in length; head short; mouth small, opens at front; jaws withbands of brush-like teeth; no teeth on roof of mouth; preopercle finely serrated; dorsal fin continuous, with 5 or 9 spines and 18–40 soft rays; anal fin with 3 spines and 15–28 soft rays ( Robertson & Allen 2015, Nelson et al. 2016). Distribution: Marine (rarely in brackish water, very rare in freshwater); Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans ( Nelson et al. 2016). One genus and one species in Nicaraguan freshwaters.
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