Platax pinnatus Batfish, Butterfly-fish, Dusky Batfish, Leaf-fish, Long-finned Batfish, Pinnate Batfish, Pinnate Spadefish, Red Faced Batfish, Red-Faced Batfish, Shaded Batfish, Sunfish, Turbot , Longfin Batfish

Platax pinnatus is commonly referred to as Batfish, Butterfly-fish, Dusky Batfish, Leaf-fish, Long-finned Batfish, Pinnate Batfish, Pinnate Spadefish, Red Faced Batfish, Red-Faced Batfish, Shaded Batfish, Sunfish, Turbot , Longfin Batfish. Difficulty in the aquarium: Для опытным аквариумистам. A aquarium size of at least 2000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

425 

AphiaID:

218712 

Scientific:

Platax pinnatus 

German:

Fledermausfisch 

English:

Batfish, Butterfly-fish, Dusky Batfish, Leaf-fish, Long-finned Batfish, Pinnate Batfish, Pinnate Spadefish, Red Faced Batfish, Red-Faced Batfish, Shaded Batfish, Sunfish, Turbot , Longfin Batfish 

Category:

Рыбы - летучая Мышь 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Ephippidae (Family) > Platax (Genus) > pinnatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Australia, Bali, Flores, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Raja Amat, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Taiwan, The Bangai Archipelago, The Ryukyu Islands, Togean Islands, Vanuatu 

Sea depth:

15 - 30 Meter 

Size:

21.65" - 23.62" (55cm - 60cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 78.8 °F (23°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Aiptasia, Brine Shrimps, Frozen Food (large sort), Mysis 

Tank:

439.96 gal (~ 2000L)  

Difficulty:

Для опытным аквариумистам 

Offspring:

Possible to breed 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Platax batavianus
  Fledermausfisch
• 
  Platax boersii
  Goldener Fledermausfisch
• 
  Platax orbicularis
  Gewöhnlicher Fledermausfisch
• 
  Platax pinnatus
  Fledermausfisch
• 
  Platax teira
  Langflossen-Fledermausfisch

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-09-04 17:32:14 

Last edit:

2017-04-23 11:28:31 

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