5739 Platax teira (Fabricius, 1775) Ephippidae Spadefishes, batfishes and scats Acanthuriformes Teleostei Longfin batfish 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). AMNH 19609 Platax teira P 95044.0040 Platax teira P 95044.0040 27 N 33 E Platax teira AMNH 95577 Platax teira AMNH 88361 Platax tiera AMNH 88349 Platax tiera AMNH 13863 1937 Platax teira AMNH 50136 1979 Platax teira AMNH 50137 1979 Platax teira AMNH 50138 1979 Platax teira AMNH 50135 1979 Platax teira AMNH 50134 1979 Platax teira AMNH 50133 1979 Platax teira FW OO142-T 1979 Platax teira AMNH 43111 1980 Platax teira FISH 386965 5 S 150 E 1994 Platax teira FW O2047-T 1995 Platax teira