Platax

Platax
Temporal range:
Platax teira
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Moroniformes
Family: Ephippidae
Genus: Platax
G. Cuvier, 1816
Type species
Chaetodon teira
Species

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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".

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2009). Species of Platax in FishBase. January 2009 version.
  2. ^ "Platax Cuvier, 1816". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 January 2009.

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