Golden Spadefish (juvenile)

Platax boersii

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Max Weight

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Max Depth

50 m

Description

Platax boersii is a species of Indo-Pacific, reef-associated fish belonging to the family Ephippidae (Batfish). Description Juveniles are have extremely elongate vertical fins and closely resemble juvenile P. teira, but tend to be lighter with a silvery hue. Adults have smoothly rounded head profile like P. orbicu... Read more in Seabook

Locations

Indo-Pacific Papua New Guinea Visayas Taiwan Malaysia East +10 more in Seabook

Colors

black

brown

silver

yellow

Social Behaviour

Group

Habitat and Environment

Open water

Poisonous

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Danger to human

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Venomous

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