Platax pinnatus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Acanthuriformes
- Family
- Ephippidae
- Genus
- Platax
- Species
- Platax pinnatus
- Scientific Name
- Platax pinnatus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Platax pinnatus
Platax pinnatus, also known as the longfin batfish, pinnate spadefish, pinnate batfish, pinnatus batfish, dusky batfish, shaded batfish, or red-faced batfish is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ephippidae, the spadefishes and batfishes. This species is found in the western Pacific Ocean and occasionally is kept in marine aquariums.
...Platax pinnatus in languages:
- Chinese
- 彎鰭燕魚
- Czech
- netopýrník tmavý
- Danish
- Mørk flagermusfisk
- Dutch
- Rode vleermuisvis
- English
- Dusky Batfish
- English
- Pinnate Spadefish
- English
- Butterfly-fish
- English
- Leaf-fish
- English
- Long-finned Batfish
- English
- Longfin Batfish
- English
- Pinnate Batfish
- English
- Shaded Batfish
- English
- Sunfish
- English
- Turbot
- English
- Batfish
- English
- Seabat
- French
- Platax à nageoires jaunes
- German
- Spitzkopf-Fledermausfisch
- Japanese
- アカククリ
- Korean
- 제비활치
- Russian
- Морской нетопырь
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