Platax
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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".
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Platax | |
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Platax teira | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Moroniformes |
Family: | Ephippidae |
Genus: | Platax G. Cuvier, 1816 |
Type species | |
Chaetodon teira Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801 | |
Species | |
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