Saltwater
Longfin batfish
Platax teira
Ephippidae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 70 cm
- Body shape
- Deep-bodied
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 7,228 liters
- Diet
- Missing
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Behavior
Water values
Smallest tank
Range
NativeIntroduced
Lives wild in Australia, Bahrain, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Egypt, Fiji, and 35 more countries.
Introduced to Israel and Türkiye.
More about the species
Description
Large adults live in sheltered bays as well as deep offshore. Commonly found around shipwrecks in small groups and occasionally forms large schools. Small juveniles with floating debris and form aggregations as they find each other. They can be pelagic to large sizes and form schools under large Sargassum rafts that usually form after the wet season. Juveniles inhabit shallow protected inner reefs while adults occur in lagoon and seaward reefs to a depth of 20 m or more. Edible but not esteemed. Not an important game fish.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Chaetodon teira
- Platax orbicularis
- Platax teria
- Platax terra
- Platax tiera
In other languages
- Langfinnet flagermusfisk
- Batfish, Longfin spadefish, Round faced batfish, Round-faced batfish, Roundface batfish, Spadefish, Spotbelly batfish, Tail-fin batfish, Tall-fin batfish, Teira batfish, Tiera batfish
Articles
All articles
Fin rot and columnaris4 min read
Bacteria that attack the fins, mouth and skin, nearly always after poor water. When water changes are enough, and when more is needed.
How to add new fish4 min read
From the store to the tank: how to get the fish used to your water, why you should add only a few at a time, and what to watch for in the first few days.
Quarantine for new fish3 min read
Why new fish should live in a tank of their own for a few weeks before they move in, what you need, and what to look for.
From freshwater to saltwater3 min read
What is different in a saltwater aquarium: salt, refractometer, live rock and corals. An introduction for anyone thinking of giving it a try.