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Andaman Adventure Sports, Railay / Tonsai, near Ao Nang, Krabi, Thailand

Species' English Name	orbicular batfish
Species' Latin Name	platax orbicularis
Max Length	50.0 cm
Environment	reef-associated; brackish; marine; depth range 5 - 30 m
Climate	tropical; 22 – 28°C; 32°N - 23°S
Distribution	Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to the Tuamoto Islands, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Recorded off the coast of Florida in the Western Central Atlantic
Morphology	The ocular band of adult specimens with a series of dark vermiculations. Adults (above 20 cm) yellowish silvery or dusky, dark bar through eye and another bar just behind head. Occasionally with a few small, scattered black spots on body. Median fins yellowish, with black margins posteriorly. Pelvic fins black. Small juveniles reddish brown, with irregular black spots and blotches and small, white (black-edged) ocelli on body. Small black spot at base of last 3 dorsal- and anal-fin rays. Caudal fin transparent except for base, which is reddish brown. Body orbicular and strongly compressed, its depth more than twice length of head and 0.9 to 1.4 times SL. Head length 3.4 to 3.8 times SL. Snout profile of large adults (above 40 cm total length) concave, with bony swelling between eyes. Interorbital width 38 to 48% head length. Jaws with bands of slender, flattened, tricuspid teeth, the middle cusp about twice length of lateral cusps. No teeth on palatines or vomer. Five pores on each side of lower jaw. Preopercle smooth. Opercle without spines

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Andaman Sky, Co., Ltd, 23/8 Moo 2, Ao Nang, Thailand

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