Longfin Batfish
Platax teira
Also known as: Longfin Platax Batfish, Longfin Spadefish, Longfin Teira, Orbicular Batfish, Roundface Batfish, Roundface Spadefish, Roundface Teira, Round-faced Batfish, Round-faced Spadefish, Round-faced Teira, Tall-fin Batfish Tall-fin Spadefish, Teira Batfish
- Longfin Platax Batfish
- Longfin Spadefish
- Longfin Teira
- Orbicular Batfish
- Roundface Batfish
- Roundface Spadefish
- Roundface Teira
- Round-faced Batfish
- Round-faced Spadefish
- Round-faced Teira
- Tall-fin Batfish Tall-fin Spadefish
- Teira Batfish
Showing details for the adult stage. Switch stages to see how it differs.
Overview
Found singly or in schools, in sheltered bays, lagoons, seaward reefs, and around shipwrecks.
Batfish have a flattened profile, juvenile batfish are extremely tall finned, but as they grow they become more rounded.
Often Inquisitive of divers.
How to identify
- Pattern
- black spotstripes
- Fins & Tail
- yellow fins
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Habitat & where to find it
Where the adult stage lives, and where its photos were taken.
- Range · Indo-West Pacific
- Exact location · 6
- Country only · 59
Found singly or in schools, in sheltered bays, lagoons, seaward reefs, and around shipwrecks.
Adult photos 65
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