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    Species Accepted

    Platax teira (Forsskål, 1775)

    Blunthead Batfish

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Recorded as introduced in 2 countries or islands

      2 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      IsraelNo
      TürkiyeNo

      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      34 results
      Blunthead Batfish English
      Bunak Tagalog
      Langfinnet flagermusfisk Danish
      Langflossen-Fledermausfisch German
      Lati ni daveta Fijian
      Longfin Batfish English
      Longfin Spadefish English
      Paguala Común Spanish
      Peixe-bumerangue-bandeira Portuguese
      Pesce pipistrello a coda lunga Italian

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      12 results
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      http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/details/species/id/10075277/common/191385
      King, C. M., Roberts, C. D., Bell, B. D., Fordyce, R. E., Nicoll, R. S., Worthy, T. H., Paulin, C. D., Hitchmough, R. A., Keyes, I. W., Baker, A. N., Stewart, A. L., Hiller, N., McDowall, R. M., Holdaway, R. N., McPhee, R. P., Schwarzhans, W. W., Tennyson, A. J. D., Rust, S., & Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. In: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia, pp. 431–554. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=132602
      http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2012/details/species/id/9741333
      Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. Post Mortem Auctoris Edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Hauniae., Moller, Copenhagen, xxxiv + 140 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2154 10.5962/bhl.title.2154
      Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1831
      Zicha O, Hrb J, Maňas M, Novák J, and BioLib contributors. BioLib.cz: Taxonomic tree of plants and animals with photos. 1999 - 2019, https://www.biolib.cz/en/main/
      Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025). https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=1128
      FishBase
      Gillespie, G. E. (1993). An updated list of the fishes of British Columbia, and those of interest in adjacent waters, with numeric code designations. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 1918: 116 p. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=155121

      Citation

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