Ephippidae, Bleeker, 1859

LARSON, HELEN K., WILLIAMS, REX S. & HAMMER, MICHAEL P., 2013, <strong> An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia </ strong>, Zootaxa 3696 (1), pp. 1-293 : 210-211

Ephippidae

(batfish)

Drepane longimana ( Bloch and Schneider, 1801)

Banded Sicklefish

Chaetodon longimanus Bloch and Schneider, 1801: 229 ( Tranquebar, India).

Drepane longimana — Hoese et al. 2006: 1718 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast) .

Gulf of Carpentaria.

Drepane punctata ( Linnaeus, 1758)

Sicklefish

Chaetodon punctatus Linnaeus, 1758: 273 (Asia) .

Drepane punctata — Macleay 1878: 353 (Port Darwin); Paradice and Whitley 1927: 90, 95 (Geranium Bay; Pellew Islands); Sainsbury et al. 1984: 343 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Lyle and Timms 1984: 72 (NT waters); Russell and Houston 1989: 83 (Arafura Sea); Blaber et al. 1992: 9 (Groote Eylandt); Pender et al. 1992: 68 (Melville Island area; Arnhem coast; western Gulf of Carpentaria); Larson 1996: 10 (Nayarnpi Creek); Larson and Williams 1997: 362 (Buffalo Creek; Fannie Bay rocks); Larson 1999c: 30 (East Alligator River); Larson 2000: 44 (Kakadu); Hoese et al. 2006: 1718 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

? Drepane fasciatus — Zietz 1891: 2 (Northern Territory).

Woods Inlet, Darwin Harbour (not kept); Entrance Island, Liverpool River.

Platax batavianus Cuvier, 1831

Humphead Batfish

Platax batavianus Cuvier, 1831: 225 (Batavia) .— Taylor 1964: 229 (Little lagoon, Groote Eylandt; Yirrkalla); Sainsbury et al. 1984: 343 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Russell and Houston 1989: 83 (Arafura Sea); Blaber et al. 1992: 9 (Groote Eylandt); Pender et al. 1992: 68 (Melville Island area; western Gulf of Carpentaria); Larson and Williams 1997: 362 (Darwin Harbour; Lee Point Reef); Hoese et al. 2006: 1719 (NT; N coast, Groote Eylandt).

? Platax arthriticus — Saville-Kent 1889: 239 (Port Darwin).

Skirmish Point area, Boucaut Bay.

Platax orbicularis ( Forsskål, 1775) Round Batfish Chaetodon orbicularis Forsskål, 1775: 59 (Red Sea). Platax orbicularis —Richardson 1842: 32 (Port Essington Harbour); Macleay 1878: 353 (Port Darwin); Zietz 1891:

2 (Northern Territory); Taylor 1964: 227–228 (Little Lagoon, Groote Eylandt); Hoese et al. 2006: 1719

(NT; N coast, Groote Eylandt); Fisher and Calaby 2009: 36 (Port Essington).

Platax pinnatus — Waddy 1988: 47 (Groote Eylandt). Darwin Harbour.

Platax teira ( Forsskål, 1775) Roundface Batfish Chaetodon teira Forsskål, 1775 : xiii, 60 (Loheia, Red Sea). Platax leschenaldi —Richardson 1842: 31 (Talc Bay [based on Emery drawing]). Platax teira — Paradice and Whitley 1927: 89 (Pellew Islands); Taylor 1964: 227 (off Skirmish Point, near Liverpool River); Sainsbury et al. 1984: 343 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Russell and Houston 1989: 83

(Arafura Sea); Pender et al. 1992: 68 (western Gulf of Carpentaria); Larson and Williams 1997: 362 (Talc

Bay); Hoese et al. 2006: 1719 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast) .

Bynoe Harbour.

Rhinoprenes pentanemus Munro, 1964

Threadfin Scat

Rhinoprenes pentanemus Munro, 1964: 179 (Gulf of Papua).— Pender et al. 1992: 68 (Joseph Bonaparte Gulf; Melville Island area; Arnhem coast; western Gulf of Carpentaria); Ramm 1997: 18 (Timor and Arafura Seas, between longitudes 127– 137° E); Larson 1997: 35 (Kakadu); Larson 1999b: 37 (Kakadu); Larson 1999c: 29 (South Alligator River); Larson 2002: 36 (South Alligator River); Hoese et al. 2006: 1720 (NT; N coast, off Darwin).

Zabidius novemaculeatus (McCulloch, 1916)

Shortfin Batfish

Platax novemaculeatus McCulloch, 1916a: 188 (off Gloucester Head, Queensland).— Paradice and Whitley 1927: 90 (Pellew Islands).

Zabidius novemaculatus — Taylor 1964: 224 (Melville Bay); Sainsbury et al. 1984: 343 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Blaber et al. 1992: 9 (Groote Eylandt); Pender et al. 1992: 68 (Joseph Bonaparte Gulf; Fog Bay; Melville Island area; western Gulf of Carpentaria); Ramm 1997: 18 (Timor and Arafura Seas, between longitudes 127– 137° E).

Zabidius novemaculeatus — Russell and Houston 1989: 83 (Arafura Sea); Larson and Williams 1997: 362 (NW side Channel Island; Middle Arm); Hoese et al. 2006: 1720 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).