Batfish Collection

Large school of Bohar snappers (Lutjanus bohar) gather with smaller shoal of Batfish (Platax orbicularis) in open water off Ras Mohammed at the tip of Sinai, Egypt

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Indonesia, Papua, Raja Ampat. Underwater scenic of fish and coral. Date: 21/05/2009

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Indonesia, Raja Ampat. Schooling fish in the Dampier Strait. Date: 19/05/2006

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Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Sulawesi Island, Lembeh Straits. A juvenile zebra batfish amid coral. Date: 11/02/2005

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Mozambique, Guinjata Bay, Jangamo Beach. Underwater view of Teira Batfish (Platax teira) at Manta Reef Date: 17/07/2007

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Golden Spadefish - school - Too Many Fish dive site, Pulau Koon, central Moluccas, Indonesia Date: 24-Jul-19

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Zebra batfish, Platax batavianus. Young swimming among mangrove roots. Inhabits continental reefs. Adults usually moderately deep on open substrates with sparse reef or coral heads

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Orbicular batfish, Platax orbicularis, drifting next to a dead leaf fallen from the mangrove. Young fish have a curious behavior related to feeding

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Orbicular batfish, Platax orbicularis, drifting next to a dead leaf fallen from the mangrove. Young fish have a curious behaviour related to feeding

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Orbicular batfish, Platax orbicularis, drifting next to a dead leaf fallen from the mangrove. Young fish have a curious behaviour related to feeding

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Pinnate spadefish, Platax pinnatus. Young animal swimming among mangrove roots. Adults are generally solitary and found under overhangs of steep outer reef slopes to a depth of at least 20 m

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Orbicular batfish, Platax orbicularis. Two young fish close to surface at sunset. Young fish have a curious behavior related to feeding

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Orbicular batfish, Platax orbicularis, by sunset. Juvenile fish use to protect themselves from predators on the mangrove drifting motionless with the current becoming easily mistaken for dead leaves

French angelfish, Emperor angelfish, batfish
French angelfish, Pomacanthus paru 14, Emperor angelfish, Pomacanthus imperator 15, batfish, Platax orbicularis 16, and longfin baitfish, Platax teira 17

Longnose batfish, Ogcocephalus vespertilio (American frogfish, Lophius vespertilio). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Longfin batfish, Platax teira (Long-finned chaetodon, Chaetodon teira). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Angler fish, longnose batfish, and Sargassumfish
Angler fish, Lophius piscatorius, longnose batfish, Ogcocephalus vespertilio, and Sargassumfish, Histrio histrio. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Plee after an illustration by Jean-Gabriel

Electric eel, torpedo, batfish, cowfish and sargassum fish
Electric eel, Electrophorus electricus 1, eyed electric ray, Torpedo torpedo 2, Brazilian batfish, Ogcocephalus vespertilio 3, longhorn cowfish, Lactoria cornuta 4, and sargassum fish

Longfin batfish (Platax teira) with Fusiliers (Caesio spp.) in the current in front of Baby Rock pinnacle. Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Ceram Sea

Group of Circular spadefish (Platax orbicularis) gather at a cleaning station beneath a table coral (Acropora sp.) on a coral reef. Shark Reef, Ras Mohammed, Sinai, Egypt. Red Sea

School of Longfin spadefish (Platax teira), Kimbe Bay, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Batfish In Water

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Juvenile Pinnate Spadefish with golden margin Pink Beach dive site, Padar Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia. Juvenile Pinnate Spadefish

The sea bat or batfish, Halieutea species.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from The Naturalists Pocket Magazine; or, Complete Cabinet of the Curiosities and Beauties of Nature (1798-1802)

Indonesia, Komodo National Park, Tatawa Besar. Fish swim around coral. Credit as: Jones & Shimlock / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont

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Longfin Batfish large school. Date:

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Longfin Batfish large school against sun. Date:

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Batfish close-up, West Palm Beach, Florida

A small juvenile pinnate spadefish (Platax pinnatus), Komodo National Park, Indonesia

A flying gurnard with wings open in West Palm Beach, Florida
A flying gurnard (Dactylopterus volitans) with wings open in West Palm Beach, Florida

Sea turtle and batfish, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Longfin spadefish, Papua New Guinea
Longfin spadefish (Platax teira), full body view, Fathers reef, Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea

Golden spadefish gather under Arborek Jetty, Raja Ampat, Indonesia
Golden spadefish (Platax boersii) gather under Arborek Jetty, Dampier Strait, Raja Ampat, Indonesia

A juvenile golden spadefish whilst a local villager watches from the surface
A juvenile golden spadefish (Platax boersii) under Arborek Jetty, whilst a local villager watches from the surface, Dampier Strait, Raja Ampat, Indonesia

Large school of batfish, Christmas Island, Australia

A juvenile golden spadefish against a coral encrusted strut under Arborek Jetty
A juvenile golden spadefish (Platax boersii) against a coral encrusted strut under Arborek Jetty, Dampier Strait, Raja Ampat, Indonesia

Polka-dot Batfish standing up on its leg-like fins
A Polka-dot Batfish (Ogcocephalus radiatus) standing up on its leg-like fins on a sandy bottom in 100 feet deep of water alongside the Span 2 artificial reef offshore Panama City, Florida

Longfin spadefish, Beqa Lagoon, Fiji
Longfin spadefish (Platax teira), Beqa Lagoon, Fiji

School of batfish, Christmas Island, Australia
School of batfish or spadefish, Christmas Island, Australia

Batfish, West Palm Beach, Florida

Flying Gurnard on sand in Carribean Sea

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