WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Chaetodon orbicularis Forsskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059 page(s): 59, xii [details]
original description
(of Chaetodon vespertilio Bloch, 1787) Bloch, M. E. (1787). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 3: i-xii + 1-146. Pls. 181-216. page(s): 67, Pl. 199 (fig. 2) [details]
original description
(of Platax ehrenbergii Cuvier, 1831) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1831). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome septième. Livre septième. Des Squamipennes. Livre huitième. Des poissons à pharyngiens labyrinthiformes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 7: i-xxix + 1-531, Pls. 170-208. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-440, Valenciennes 441-531. i-xxii + 1-399 in Strasbourg edition.]. page(s): 221 [details]
original description
(of Platax blochii Cuvier, 1831) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1831). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome septième. Livre septième. Des Squamipennes. Livre huitième. Des poissons à pharyngiens labyrinthiformes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 7: i-xxix + 1-531, Pls. 170-208. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-440, Valenciennes 441-531. i-xxii + 1-399 in Strasbourg edition.]. page(s): 222 [details]
original description
(of Platax guttulatus Cuvier, 1831) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1831). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome septième. Livre septième. Des Squamipennes. Livre huitième. Des poissons à pharyngiens labyrinthiformes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 7: i-xxix + 1-531, Pls. 170-208. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-440, Valenciennes 441-531. i-xxii + 1-399 in Strasbourg edition.]. page(s): 226, Pl. 186 (part) [details]
context source (HKRMS)
Hong Kong marine fish database. <em>AFCD.</em> , available online at https://www.hk-fish.net/en/fish/introduction/ [details]
basis of record
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
From other sources
Description Juveniles occurs singly or in small groups among mangroves and inner sheltered lagoons while adults move out to open waters over sandy areas of deep lagoons, channels, and seaward reefs to a depth of at least 30 m. Feeds on algae, invertebrates and small fishes. [details]
To Barcode of Life (41 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Chaetodon vespertilio Bloch, 1787)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Chaetodon orbicularis Forsskål, 1775)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Platax guttulatus Cuvier, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Platax blochii Cuvier, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Platax ehrenbergii Cuvier, 1831)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (67 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (72 publications) (from synonym Platax vespertilio (Bloch, 1787))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Chaetodon orbicularis Forsskål, 1775)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Platax orbicularis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon orbicularis Forsskål, 1775)
To FishBase (from synonym Platax blochii Cuvier, 1831)
To FishBase (from synonym Platax orbicularia (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Platax obricularis (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Platax orbicularius (Forsskål, 1775))
To FishBase (from synonym Platax guttulatus Cuvier, 1831)
To FishBase (from synonym Platax vespertilio (Bloch, 1787))
To FishBase (from synonym Platax ehrenbergii Cuvier, 1831)
To FishBase (from synonym Chaetodon vespertilio Bloch, 1787)
To FishBase images (Platax orbicularis, Seychelles, by Randall, J.E.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (70 nucleotides; 77 proteins)
To GenBank (70 nucleotides; 77 proteins) (from synonym Chaetodon orbicularis Forsskål, 1775)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Platax orbicularis RAD112195-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Platax orbicularis RAD112195-001)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
From other sources
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