Batfish Gallery

The sea bat or batfish, Halieutea species

The sea bat or batfish, Halieutea species.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from The Naturalist's Pocket Magazine; or, Complete Cabinet of the Curiosities and Beauties of Nature (1798-1802) published by Harrison, London

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Teira batfish (Platax teira)

Teira batfish (Platax teira), and scuba diver examining submerged wreck. Batfish inhabit the interior with groups of retracted coral (Tubastraea faulkneri). Madang, Papua New Guinea

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Large school of Bohar snappers (Lutjanus bohar) gather with smaller shoal of Batfish

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. These schools gather only in summer for mating. Red Sea

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