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Platax pinnatus in life
In life — Dusky Batfish, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) Mark Rosenstein, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mark Rosenstein
BPBM 9456Ichthyology

Platax pinnatus

Dusky Batfish

As recorded: Platax pinnatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Animalia › Chordata › Perciformes › Ephippidae

Collected by
J.E. Randall, A.R. Emery, et alA.R. Emery →Johnson Randall →
Date
April 16, 1970
Locality
Ulebsechel Island; edge of channel at southern tip of island
Island
Ulebsechel Island
Depth
15 m
Record type
Preserved specimen
10 Bishop specimens of Platax pinnatus · collected 1968–1987Species page ›

Collected the same day

On April 16, 1970, J.E. Randall, A.R. Emery, et al also collected 17 other specimens.

Amphiprion clarkii

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Amphiprion melanopus

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Centropyge tibicen

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Centropyge vrolikii

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Cirrhilabrus

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Ctenogobiops pomastictus

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Istigobius decoratus

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Macolor niger

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Macropharyngodon

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Naso vlamingii

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Oxycheilinus digramma

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Scolopsis bilineata

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Scorpaenodes guamensis

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Synodus binotatus

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Synodus variegatus

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Ucla xenogrammus

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Zebrasoma veliferum

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Cite this specimen

Platax pinnatus. BPBM 9456. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 38117937. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/i/9456.

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