Platax pinnatus
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Platax pinnatus, also known as the longfin batfish, pinnate spadefish, pinnate batfish, pinnatus batfish, dusky batfish, shaded batfish, or red-faced batfish is a species of marine ray-finned fish bel
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Platax pinnatus
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Schooling adults
Platax
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Platax is a genus of Indo-Pacific, reef-associated fish belonging to the family Ephippidae. There are currently five known extant species generally accepted to belong to the genus. They are one of the
Platax pinnatus
…1758 by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae with its type locality given as "the Indies". This species is classified within the genus Platax which belongs to the family Ephippidae in the order Moroniformes. The specific name, pinnatus, means "finned" and is an allusion to the very long dorsal…
Platax, Mauritius
†Platax altissimus reconstruction
Batavia spadefish
Platax batavianus Juvenile Humpback Bat Fish