Platax is a genus of Indo-Pacific, reef-associated fish belonging to the family Ephippidae.[1] There are currently five known extant species generally accepted to belong to the genus.[2] They are one of the fish taxa commonly known as "batfish".
^Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2009). Species of Platax in FishBase. January 2009 version.
^"Platax Cuvier, 1816". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 January 2009.
Platax is a genus of Indo-Pacific, reef-associated fish belonging to the family Ephippidae. There are currently five known extant species generally accepted...
Platax teira, also known as the teira batfish, longfin batfish, longfin spadefish, or round faced batfish is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging...
Platax pinnatus, also known as the longfin batfish, pinnate spadefish, pinnate batfish, pinnatus batfish, dusky batfish, shaded batfish, or red-faced batfish...
The orbicular batfish (Platax orbicularis), also known as the cooper batfish, circular batfish, orbiculate batfish, round batfish, narrow-banded batfish...
Platax batavianus, the humpback batfish, Batavian batfish, batfish, humped batfish, hump-headed hatfish, moonfish or zebra batfish, is a species of marine...
Platax boersii, the golden spadefish or Boers’ batfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ephippidae, the spadefishes and...
including: Some muscles can be unipinnate or bipinnate muscles The fish Platax pinnatus is known as the pinnate spadefish or pinnate batfish. Pinnation...
batfish Ogcocephalidae, a family of anglerfish found in oceans worldwide Platax, a spadefish genus from the Indian and Pacific Oceans, and sometimes kept...
the Lutetian of Monte Bolca. They are closely allied to the extant genus, Platax, more commonly known as "batfish." The two genera are extremely similar...
spawning. Parachaetodon ocellatus was first formally described in 1831 as Platax ocellatus by the French anatomist Georges Cuvier (1768-1832). The Dutch...
as batfish: Genus Platax, including: Orbicular batfish Pinnate batfish, dusky batfish, shaded batfish, or red-faced batfish (Platax pinnatus) Family Ogcocephalidae...
maximus Y Y The second largest living fish after the whale shark. Batfish Platax orbicularis Y Y Non-native, invasive species. Bay anchovy Anchoa mitchilli...
"Second records of the Lessepsian fish migrants Priacanthus sagittarius and Platax teira and distribution extension of Tylerius spinosissimus in the Mediterranean"...
tigrina, an eel Pasaichthys pleuronectiformis, a mooneyfish Platax altissimus and Platax macropterygius, batfish Proaracana dubia, an aracanid boxfish...
Orbiculate batfish Platax orbicularis No Brown with generally random black markings resembling a rotting leaf. 50 cm (19.7 in) Dusky batfish Platax pinnatus No...
capability to achieve research at a maximum depth of 500 meters underwater. Platax: Published by National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium Drifters of...
interest to a predator and is thus inconspicuous. One example is the juvenile Platax orbicularis that resembles a leaf floating in the water. Another example...
(2014): Redescription of the Sharp-fanged snake eel Brachysomophis longipinnis (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Taiwan. Platax, 11: 95-101. v t e...
"Second records of the Lessepsian fish migrants Priacanthus sagittarius and Platax teira and distribution extension of Tylerius spinosissimus in the Mediterranean"...
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