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Pacific spadefish

Chaetodipterus zonatus (Girard, 1858)

Status not recordedbony fish

The Pacific spadefish (Chaetodipterus zonatus) is a species in the family Ephippidae, order Acanthuriformes.

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Quick facts about the Pacific spadefish

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the Pacific spadefish live?

Not recorded

Is the Pacific spadefish endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the Pacific spadefish classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderAcanthuriformes
  5. familyEphippidae
  6. genusChaetodipterus
  7. SpeciesChaetodipterus zonatus (Girard, 1858)

Synonyms Ephippus zonatus

Other names and names in other languages (10)
  • Stillehavs-spadefiskDanish
  • chamboSpanish
  • Disque du PacifiqueFrench
  • Peixe-enxada-do-PacíficoPortuguese
  • CamisetaSpanish
  • Chavela CaféSpanish
  • LeonoraSpanish
  • PagualaSpanish
  • Paguala PeluqueroSpanish
  • PeluqueroSpanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the Pacific spadefish

Other species in the same genus Chaetodipterus.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the Pacific spadefish?

The Pacific spadefish (Chaetodipterus zonatus) belongs to the family Ephippidae in the order Acanthuriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Pacific spadefish (Chaetodipterus zonatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pacific-spadefish

MLA

“Pacific spadefish (Chaetodipterus zonatus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pacific-spadefish.

BibTeX
@misc{pacific_spadefish_2026,
  title = {Pacific spadefish (Chaetodipterus zonatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pacific-spadefish},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}