longfin baitfish

Platax teira

Fish Reaching Seventy Centimeters in New Zealand Waters

longfin baitfish is a marine fish found around Indo-West Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 70 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Ephippidae
Genus: Platax
Maximum length: 70 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: deep_bodied
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to Papua New Guinea, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to Australia. Recorded in Bay of Islands, New Zealand (Ref. 35942 ). Also reported from Persian Gulf (Ref. 68964 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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