orbfish
Ephippus orbis (Bloch, 1787)
Also calledHada (sin) · Manjudai (jpn) · Peixe-enxada-orbicular (por) · Rund spadefisk (dan) · čabraka okatá (ces) · Эфипп (rus) · ปลาคลุด (tha) · ปลาใบโพธิ์ (tha) · マンジュウダイ (jpn) · 圓白鯧 (zho)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution in the area. Not endemic. Recorded from the lower Shatt Al-Arab.
A Critical Checklist of the Inland Fishes Native to the Euphrates and Tigris Drainages
description
Description: D: IX, 19 - 20; A: III, 15 - 17. Body strongly compressed, rounded in shape. Body silvery with 4 - 5 vertical black bands from dorsal fin to belly. Head and body silvery blue-green. 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 Margins of soft dorsal, anal, pelvic and caudal fins dusky black. Size: 25 cm.
An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal
distribution
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to New Caledonia, north to Japan.
An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal
materials_examined
Material examined: 1 ex.; 22.07.11; Mohana, Reg. No. MARC / ZSI / F 3731.
An account of Ichthyofauna of Digha coast, West Bengal
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5211220.