| Platax Temporal range:
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| Platax teira | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Ephippidae |
| Genus: | Platax G. Cuvier, 1816 |
| Type species | |
| Chaetodon teira Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801
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Platax is a genus of Indo-Pacific, reef-associated fish belonging to the family Ephippidae.[1] There are currently five known extant species generally accepted to belong to the genus.[2] They are one of the fish taxa commonly known as "batfish".
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Platax". FishBase. January 2009 version.
- ^ "Platax Cuvier, 1816". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 January 2009.