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Ephippidae
batfish
Platax orbicularis
Ephippid Fish from the Persian Gulf
- Tropical
- Transcontinental
- Atlantic Ocean
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- East Asia
- Oceania
- Deep-bodied
- Compressed cross-section
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Atlantic Ocean
Africa
Deep-bodied
Largebatfish is a marine fish found around Indo-Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 60 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Ephippidae
- Genus
- Platax
- Maximum length
- 60 cm
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa and Persian Gulf (Ref. 68964 ) to the Tuamoto Islands, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Recorded off the coast of Florida in the Western Central Atlantic (Ref. 51238 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
