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Platax boersii

Platax boersii

Classification

Platax boersii, the golden spadefish or Boers’ batfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ephippidae, the spadefishes and bay fishes. This species is found in the Indo-West Pacific. Taxonomy Platax boersii was first formally described in 1853 by the Dutch physician, herpetologist and ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker with its type locality given as Makassar, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Distribution

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France · 10United States of America · 4