Platax teira
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Platax teira, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Platax teira, Photo: Rick Stuart-Smith
Platax teira, QLD, Australia, Photo: Graham Edgar
Platax teira, Great Keppel Is, QLD, Photo: Andrew Green
Platax teira, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, Photo: Andrew Green
Platax teira, Dugong Is, Great Barrier Reef, QLD, Photo: Andrew Green
Platax teira, juvenile, Jervis Bay, NSW, Photo: Andrew Green
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 (4.5% 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