Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Golden spadefish
Platax boersii
Golden spadefish
Category: Spadefishes
Scientific Name: Platax boersii
Size: Up to 19 in. (47 cm)  
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific
Chordata (Phylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
 └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  └Actinopteri (Superclass)
   └Teleostei (Class)
    └Acanthuriformes (Order)
     └Ephippidae (Family)
      └Platax (Genus)

Silvery fishes
Spadefishes

Golden spadefish (Juvenile)

Circular Spadefish

Circular Spadefish (Juvenile)

Pinnate Spadefish

Pinnate Spadefish (Juvenile)

Longfin Spadefish (Juvenile)

Atlantic Spadefish



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