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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
Platax orbicularis (Forsskål, 1775)
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Published in:Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Morris, G.B. 1997, "Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB): an upgraded and expanded species coding system for Australian fisheries databases", 15 pp. + appendices
Synonym Source
Platax vespertilio (Bloch, 1787) synonym
Chaetodon orbicularis Forsskål, 1775 synonym
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Published in:Forsskål, P. 1775, Descriptiones Animalium Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quæ in Itinere Orientali observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est Materia Medica Kakirina atque Tabula Maris Rubri Geographica, 1-19, i-xxxiv, 164 pp., 1 map, Mölleri, Hauniæ p59
Common Name Source
Round Batfish preferred Australia Australia
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Cooper Batfish Australia Australia
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Narrow-Banded Batfish Australia Australia
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Orbicular Batfish Australia Australia
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Round Batfish Australia Australia
Name Source
Platax orbicularis (Forsskål, 1775) accepted
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Identifier Source
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/20aa10cf-2eb0-45cb-8168-1c75d5b5c1c4 Scientific Name current
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37362007 CAAB Code current
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https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/4f58fe5d-3d14-4152-8de7-5b6f14584db4 Taxon Concept current
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http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/4f58fe5d-3d14-4152-8de7-5b6f14584db4 Taxon unknown
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https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/4f58fe5d-3d14-4152-8de7-5b6f14584db4 Taxon current
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urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:4f58fe5d-3d14-4152-8de7-5b6f14584db4 Taxon LSID unknown
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Classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
informal
Gnathostomata
informal
Pisces
class
ACTINOPTERYGII
unranked
Euteleostei
superorder
ACANTHOPTERYGII
order
PERCIFORMES
suborder
ACANTHUROIDEI
family
EPHIPPIDAE
genus
Platax
species
Platax orbicularis
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