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Golden Spadefish

Platax boersii

Also known as: Golden Spadefish, Boer's Batfish

LIFE STAGE
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Adult
@trapezemark · Borneo, Malaysia · June 20091 / 1

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Overview

Found singly or in large schools, along drop-off's, of coastal and outer reefs.

Batfish have a flattened profile, juvenile batfish are extremely tall finned, but as they grow they become more rounded.
Often Inquisitive of divers.

02

How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
spotsstripes
Body shape
flat
Behaviour
curiousschoolingsolitary

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03

Habitat & where to find it

Where the adult stage lives, and where its photos were taken.

  • Range · Indo-West Pacific
  • Country only · 1
LIVES IN

Found singly or in large schools, along drop-off's, of coastal and outer reefs.

RANGE
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Adult photos 1

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    ALL STAGES
    FOR THE MARINE-BIOLOGY CURIOUS

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderAcanthuriformes
    5. familyEphippidae
    6. genusPlatax
    7. speciesPlatax boersii Bleeker, 1853

    SourcesWoRMSFishBase

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