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 | ||||
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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 |