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title: "Atlantic Spadefish"
description: "Chaetodipterus faber — Pesci. The Atlantic spadefish (Chaetodipterus faber) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ephippidae, the spadefishes."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/atlantic-spadefish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Atlantic Spadefish

> Chaetodipterus faber — Pesci. The Atlantic spadefish (Chaetodipterus faber) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ephippidae, the spadefishes.

- Scientific name: *Chaetodipterus faber*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 2561
- Wikidata: [Q756961](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q756961)
- iNaturalist taxon: [49316](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49316)

## Names

- en: Atlantic Spadefish
- de: Atlantischer Spatenfisch
- es: Chabela
- fr: Disque portugais

## Countries with the most observations

US (1667), MX (106), BR (95), HN (61), MQ (32), PA (24), BS (20), GF (20), BZ (13), CO (13), GP (9), TC (8)

## Summary

The Atlantic spadefish (Chaetodipterus faber) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ephippidae, the spadefishes. It is the symbol of the North Carolina Aquariums.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_spadefish

## Photo

![Atlantic Spadefish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/atlantic-spadefish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Robert Hongen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/261851525

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/atlantic-spadefish?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).