Atlantic Spadefish
Chaetodipterus faber
Also known as: Angelfish, Atlantic Spade, Butterflyfish, Jackass, Leather Coat, Moonfish, Ocean Cobbler, Pot Cover, Sea Donkey, Three-banded Sheephead, Three-tailed Porgy, Tripletail, White Angel, White Angelfish
- Angelfish
- Atlantic Spade
- Butterflyfish
- Jackass
- Leather Coat
- Moonfish
- Ocean Cobbler
- Pot Cover
- Sea Donkey
- Three-banded Sheephead
- Three-tailed Porgy
- Tripletail
- White Angel
- White Angelfish
Showing details for the adult stage. Switch stages to see how it differs.
Overview
Found in very large schools, in shallow coastal waters, over sandy beaches, in harbours, mangroves and around shipwrecks.
Batfish have a flattened profile, juvenile batfish are extremely tall finned, but as they grow they become more rounded.
Often Inquisitive of divers.
How to identify
Habitat & where to find it
Where the adult stage lives, and where its photos were taken.
- Range · Western Atlantic, Caribbean
- Country only · 6
Found in very large schools, in shallow coastal waters, over sandy beaches, in harbours, mangroves and around shipwrecks.
Adult photos 6
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Spadefishes-Batfishes-Scats (Ephippidae)
