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Platax pinnatus (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 218712

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Ephippidae (Family) > Platax (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Platax Cuvier, 1816
Synonymised
taxa		  Chaetodon pinnatus Linnaeus, 1758
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

from synonym: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English dusky batfish  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Cargados Carajos [details]
Chagos [details]
Kenya [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mauritius [details]
Mozambique [details]
Reunion [details]
Seychelles [details]
Somalia [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To ITIS
Notes  Description: Adults are generally solitary and found under overhangs of steep outer reef slopes to a depth of at least 20 m. Juveniles are encountered in mangroves and on inner sheltered reefs where they seek shelter in caves or under ledges. Feeds on algae as well as jellyfish and other gelatinous zooplankton (Ref. 6113). [details]

Remark: Placed in the Family Platacidae in Grove et al. (1986). [details]
Images 
Platax pinnatus
Platax pinnatus
added on 2008-12-12 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked

Platax pinnatus
Platax pinnatus
added on 2008-12-12 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218712
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-12 09:16:46Z  changed  Garcia, Maria
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Platax pinnatus (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218712 on 2013-05-24
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