List of fish on stamps of Seychelles
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This is a list of fish on stamps from Seychelles
Seychelles
Seychelles , officially the Republic of Seychelles , is an island country spanning an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, some east of mainland Africa, northeast of the island of Madagascar....


Year Date Type Species Species author Value Stamps catalogues Taxonomy Common name
Scott Yvert Mitchell Sta. & Gib. Order Family
1977  NOR Chaetodon lunula  (Lacepède, 1802) 5c 0 0 349 0 Perciformes
Perciformes
The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, is one of the largest orders of vertebrates, containing about 40% of all bony fish. Perciformes means perch-like. They belong to the class of ray-finned fish and comprise over 7,000 species found in almost all aquatic environments...

 
Chaetodontidae  Raccoon butterflyfish
1986  NOR Chaetodon melannotus  Bloch & Schneider, 1801 2R 0 0 0 0 Perciformes
Perciformes
The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, is one of the largest orders of vertebrates, containing about 40% of all bony fish. Perciformes means perch-like. They belong to the class of ray-finned fish and comprise over 7,000 species found in almost all aquatic environments...

 
Chaetodontidae  Blackback butterflyfish
NOR Forciper flavissimus  Jordan & McGregor, 1898 2R 0 0 0 0 Perciformes
Perciformes
The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, is one of the largest orders of vertebrates, containing about 40% of all bony fish. Perciformes means perch-like. They belong to the class of ray-finned fish and comprise over 7,000 species found in almost all aquatic environments...

 
Chaetodontidae  Longnose butterflyfish
NOR Pomacanthus rhomboides  (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) 2R 0 0 0 0 Perciformes
Perciformes
The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, is one of the largest orders of vertebrates, containing about 40% of all bony fish. Perciformes means perch-like. They belong to the class of ray-finned fish and comprise over 7,000 species found in almost all aquatic environments...

 
Pomacanthidae  Old woman angelfish
NOR Zanclus cornutus  (Linnaeus, 1758) 2R 0 0 0 0 Perciformes
Perciformes
The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, is one of the largest orders of vertebrates, containing about 40% of all bony fish. Perciformes means perch-like. They belong to the class of ray-finned fish and comprise over 7,000 species found in almost all aquatic environments...

 
Zanclidae  Moorish idol
1987  NOR Chaetodon lineolatus  Cuvier, 1831 2R 0 0 0 0 Perciformes
Perciformes
The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, is one of the largest orders of vertebrates, containing about 40% of all bony fish. Perciformes means perch-like. They belong to the class of ray-finned fish and comprise over 7,000 species found in almost all aquatic environments...

 
Chaetodontidae  Lined butterflyfish
NOR Apogon aureus  (Lacepède, 1802) 2R 0 0 0 0 Perciformes
Perciformes
The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, is one of the largest orders of vertebrates, containing about 40% of all bony fish. Perciformes means perch-like. They belong to the class of ray-finned fish and comprise over 7,000 species found in almost all aquatic environments...

 
Apogonidae
Apogonidae
Cardinalfishes are a family, Apogonidae, of ray-finned fishes. They are found in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans, they are chiefly marine, but some species are found in brackish water...

 
Ring-tailed cardinalfish
NOR Platax orbicularis  (Forsskål, 1775) 2R 0 0 0 0 Perciformes
Perciformes
The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, is one of the largest orders of vertebrates, containing about 40% of all bony fish. Perciformes means perch-like. They belong to the class of ray-finned fish and comprise over 7,000 species found in almost all aquatic environments...

 
Ephippidae
Ephippidae
Ephippidae is the fish family containing the spadefishes. There are about eight genera, with a total of 20 species, mostly marine. The most well-known species are probably those in the reef-dwelling genus Platax, the batfishes, which are kept as aquarium fish. They are spade-shaped, laterally...

 
Orbicular batfish
NOR Chrysiptera annulata  (Peters, 1855) 2R 0 0 0 0 Perciformes
Perciformes
The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, is one of the largest orders of vertebrates, containing about 40% of all bony fish. Perciformes means perch-like. They belong to the class of ray-finned fish and comprise over 7,000 species found in almost all aquatic environments...

 
Pomacentridae
Pomacentridae
Pomacentridae are a family of perciform fish, comprising the damselfishes and clownfishes. They are primarily marine, while a few species inhabit freshwater and brackish environments . They are noted for their hardy constitutions and territoriality...

 
Footballer demoiselle
NOR Chaetodon meyeri  Bloch & Schneider, 1801 2R 0 0 0 0 Perciformes
Perciformes
The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, is one of the largest orders of vertebrates, containing about 40% of all bony fish. Perciformes means perch-like. They belong to the class of ray-finned fish and comprise over 7,000 species found in almost all aquatic environments...

 
Chaetodontidae Scrawled butterflyfish
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