Platax teira

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Platax teira
Platax teira, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Platax teira
Platax teira, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
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Platax teira, QLD, Australia, Photo: Graham Edgar
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Platax teira, Great Keppel Is, QLD, Photo: Andrew Green
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Platax teira, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, Photo: Andrew Green
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Platax teira, Dugong Is, Great Barrier Reef, QLD, Photo: Andrew Green
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Platax teira, juvenile, Jervis Bay, NSW, Photo: Andrew Green
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Platax teira

Distribution

Tropical Indo-Pacific


Description

Silvery body, high head profile, large black blotch and/or spots on underside below pectoral fin, dark band through eye, second dark band over pectoral fin base, and yellow or dusky pelvic fins. Usually most common and most easily recognisable batfish. Curious, often approaches divers.


Information

Max Size: 70 cm

Sea Temperature Range: 20-31.4°C

Depth: 3-25m

Habitat Generalization Index: 4.15

Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.


Conservation and Rarity

IUCN Status: Not Evaluated

Occurrence: Infrequent (4.7% of sites)

Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed

Abundance: Few (4 per transect)

Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.


Edit by: Joe Shields