Species FAO code: HUO

Ephippus orbis

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
Species distribution and habitat
Species description

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
Italy	it Pesce pipistrello	–
Spain	es Pez mariposa	–

Main production methods

Caught

Main fishing gears

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Ephippus orbis (Bloch, 1787)

Habitat

Saltwater

FAO major fishing areas

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Ephippus orbis (Bloch, 1787)

Scientific name

Ephippus orbis

Author

(Bloch, 1787)

Rank

Species

FAO code

HUO

Morphological description

Head and body silvery blue-green. Four or 5 faint dark blue bars often visible on body. Fins dusky. Body orbicular and strongly compressed, its depth more than twice length of head. Eye above horizontal axis through mouth. Mouth small, the maxilla not reaching past vertical at front edge of eye. Jaws with bands of slender, incisiform teeth with a single lanceolate cusp. No teeth on palatines or vomer. Preopercle distinctly serrate, with a broad naked margin. Opercle without spines (Ref 43039).

Taxonomic classification

ClassActinopterygii
- OrderPerciformes
  - FamilyEphippidae
    - GenusEphippus
      - SpeciesEphippus orbis

Synonyms

Chaetodon orbis Bloch, 1787
Epippus orbis (Bloch, 1787)
Ephippeus orbis (Bloch, 1787)

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Ephippus orbis (Bloch, 1787)

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Ephippus orbis

Commercial designations

Main production methods

Main fishing gears

Pots and traps

Trawls

Habitat

FAO major fishing areas

Area 51 - Indian Ocean, Western

Area 57 - Indian Ocean, Eastern

Area 61 - Pacific, Northwest

Area 71 - Pacific, Western Central