5737 Platax orbicularis (Forsskål, 1775) Ephippidae Spadefishes, batfishes and scats Acanthuriformes Teleostei Orbicular batfish Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa and Persian Gulf (Ref. 68964) 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 (Ref. 51238). AMNH 88357 Platax orbicularis 26 S 113 E Platax orbicularis FB 2741451 Platax ehrenbergii FB 2741450 Chaetodon orbicularis AMNH 15887 1941 Platax orbicularis AMNH 26978 1960 Platax orbicularis AMNH 38102 1978 Platax orbicularis FW O1493-T 1985 Platax orbicularis 93/17 11 N 43 E 1993 Platax orbicularis 30 - 35 m 94/01 12 N 43 E 1994 Platax orbicularis 45 - 45 m FISH 386963 5 S 150 E 1994 Platax orbicularis FW O1908-T 1994 Platax orbicularis 95/12 12 N 43 E 1995 Platax orbicularis 25 - 25 m 95/12 12 N 43 E 1995 Platax orbicularis 30 - 30 m 95/17 12 N 43 E 1995 Platax orbicularis 30 - 30 m 96/01 12 N 43 E 1996 Platax orbicularis 30 - 30 m 16 n 42 e 2012 Platax orbicularis 52 - 53 m