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Platax pinnatus, also known as the pinnate spadefish, pinnate batfish, pinnatus batfish, dusky batfish, shaded batfish, or red-faced batfish is a fish from the western Pacific that occasionally is kept in marine aquariums.

Platax pinnatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acanthuriformes
Family:	Ephippidae
Genus:	Platax
Species:	P. pinnatus
Binomial name
Platax pinnatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Chaetodon pinnatus Linnaeus, 1758

Description

As a juvenile it is blackish brown, or black with an orange stripe outlining its entire body. Adults become a dull silver. This fish grows to a maximum size of 45 cm (18 in).

Importance to humans

In the aquarium

The pinnate batfish is occasionally kept in marine aquariums.

In the wild

Platax pinnatus has been observed to significantly reduce algal growths on coral in studies simulating overfishing on the Great Barrier Reef.[1]

References

External links

• Photos of Platax pinnatus on Sealife Collection

• Data related to Platax pinnatus at Wikispecies
• Media related to Platax pinnatus at Wikimedia Commons

На других языках

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- [en] Platax pinnatus

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[es] Platax pinnatus

Platax pinnatus, conocido como pez murciélago de cara roja o pez murciélago de aleta grande, es una especie de pez marino de la familia Ephippidae, que en su etapa juvenil presenta una forma y librea extraordinariamente vistosa y muy diferente de la de los ejemplares adultos.

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[ru] Морской нетопырь

Морской нетопырь, или морской платакс[1] (лат. Platax pinnatus), — вид лучепёрых рыб из семейства эфипповых.

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