vespertilio, Chaetodon Bloch [M. E.] 1787:67, Pl. 199 (fig. 2) [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 3; ref. 468] East Indies. Syntypes: ZMB 8573 (1, dry, lost). Type catalog: Paepke 1999:79 [ref. 24282]. On p. 49 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 6 [ref. 21381]. •Synonym of Platax orbicularis (Forsskål 1775) -- (Dor 1984:168 [ref. 29757], Randall 1995:382 [ref. 22896], Fricke et al. 2018:346 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:107 [ref. 36273]). Current status: Synonym of Platax orbicularis (Forsskål 1775). Ephippidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.