FB-5737 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5737 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Acanthuriformes Ephippidae Platax Platax orbicularis (Forsskål, 1775) Bayong Mayang Buls Llelameduu Khoffash-mahi Morcego Ronde vlermuisvis Emad Misht Bayang Dalapugan Kulyong Kulyong paras Paras Nga-sin-naywet Alibangbang Dahong gabi Lagupan Ågguas påkyo Almindelig flagermusfisk Fledermausfisch Rundkopf-Fledermausfisch Batfish Circular spadefish batfish Circular batfish Circular spadefish Cooper batfish Copper batfish Narrowbanded batfish Narrow-banded batfish Orbicular batfish Orbiculate batfish Round batfish Sicklefish Spadefish Bati bulukovu Daiavonu Laca Lasi daveta Lati ni daveta Tivitivi draudrau Vunavuna Feuilles de palétuviers Papillon Platax rond Poisson chauve-souris orbiculaire Poisson lune Poule d'eau Tsubame-uo Bwine Akoli Patha അകൊലി ആകോലി പത    പാത്ത Bawal layer Berbaharu Bunak Chau san kai Chau-san-kai Gadang-gadang Mancung laut Gebel Manchung laut Platax daun Telinga gajah Tudong periok Tudung periuk bawal Tudung tempayan Plataks Pe'ape'a Pe'ape'a-uli Kibili Kipepeo Kudusi Tugu Tuguu Tunguru Panapana Paraha perue Paraha peue Parahapeue Chellal Bayang Dahong gabi Dahon-gabi Dahung-gabi Darapugan Kilyong Cá Chim giấy tròn Dalapugán Badang Bayang-bayang Benei Bona'k Buna Dahon-dahon Dahong-gabi Dalipugan Dangira Dapugan Darapugan Dayapogan Diapugan Du-kebo Fiapapandro Filaopapango Gundolimas Hovohovo Koitovao Kola handheya Kottan thaleya Mana-I Muna Muray-buray Mwul-meimeiy Nê-vo Pekapeka Poule d'eau Puna Talokogon Thaduva 圆燕鱼 圆眼燕鱼 圓燕魚 圓眼燕魚 石鯧 Chaetodon orbicularis Forsskål, 1775 Chaetodon vespertilio Bloch, 1787 Platax blochii Cuvier, 1831 Platax ehrenbergii Cuvier, 1831 Platax guttulatuas Cuvier, 1831 Platax guttulatus Cuvier, 1831 Platax obricularis (Forsskål, 1775) Platax orbicularia (Forsskål, 1775) Platax orbicularius (Forsskål, 1775) Platax pinnatus (non Linnaeus, 1758) Platax vespertilio (Bloch, 1787) 1992-06-11 2023-06-15 Herre, A.W.C.T.0 Check list of Philippine fishes. 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Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5737 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Plorb_j2.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Plorb_j2.gif FB-GeneralDescr-5737 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-06-11 00:00:00 2023-06-15 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5737 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Live in shallow protected coastal waters to deep, somewhat silty habitats. Often with deep shipwrecks (Ref. 48637). Adults are found singly or in small groups and occasionally in large schools in some areas. Juveniles occur singly or in small groups among mangroves and inner sheltered lagoons while adults move out to open waters over sandy areas of deep lagoons, channels, and seaward reefs to a depth of at least 30 m. Feed on algae, invertebrates and small fishes (Ref. 89972). Myers, R.F. 1991 Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. (Ref. 1602) FB-DiagnosticDescr-5737 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rodolfo B. Reyes 1995-04-12 00:00:00 2004-08-19 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5737 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution The ocular band of adult specimens with a series of dark vermiculations (Ref. 1602). 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 (Ref 43039). Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene 1990 Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p. (Ref. 2334) FB-Morphology-5737 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rodolfo B. Reyes 1995-04-12 00:00:00 2004-08-19 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5737 Dorsal spines (total): 5; Dorsal soft rays (total): 34 - 39; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 25 - 29 Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene 1990 Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 506 p. (Ref. 2334) FB-Distribution-5737 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-06-11 00:00:00 2025-04-11 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5737 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size 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). Fricke, R. 1999 Fishes of the Mascarene Islands (Réunion, Mauritius, Rodriguez): an annotated checklist, with descriptions of new species. Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein, Theses Zoologicae, Vol. 31:759 p. (Ref. 33390) FB-Uses-5737 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-06-11 00:00:00 2023-06-15 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5737 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats fisheries: minor commercial; aquaculture: commercial; aquarium: commercial; price category: low; price reliability: questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this genus Maugé, L.A. 1984 Platacidae. In W. Fischer and G. Bianchi (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Indian Ocean (Fishing area 51). Vol. 3, FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9663) Liao, C.-I., H.-M. Su and E.Y. Chang 2001 Techniques in finfish larviculture in Taiwan. Aquaculture 200(2001):1-31. (Ref. 40297) Edwards, A.J. and A.D. Shepherd 1992 Environmental implications of aquarium-fish collection in the Maldives, with proposals for regulation. Environ. Conserv. 19:61-72. (Ref. 4907) FB-TrophicStrategy-5737 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1996-11-25 00:00:00 2023-12-06 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public orbicularis http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Feeds on benthic invertebrates and microalgae (Ref. 11889). In coral reefs (Ref. 9137). Dwells in coral and rocky reefs, and in bays. Juveniles inhabit tidal shoreline and reef pools. Subadults form small shoals (Ref. 9773). Thollot, P. 1996 Les poissons de mangrove du lagon sud-ouest de Nouvelle-Calédonie. ORSTOM Éditions, Paris. (Ref. 11889) FB-Size-5737 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-06-11 00:00:00 2023-06-15 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5737 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription 60.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 5450)) Bouhlel, M. 1988 Poissons de Djibouti. Placerville (California, USA): RDA International, Inc. 416 p. (Ref. 5450) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Diseases-5737-540 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Allan Palacio 2002-10-16 00:00:00 2002-10-16 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/diseases/diseasesList.cfm?ID=5737&StockCode=6030 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Allometabenedeniella Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) Arthur, J.R. and S. Lumanlan-Mayo 1997 Checklist of the parasites of fishes of the Philippines. FAO Fish. Tech. Pap. 369, 102 p. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 26129) FB-Diseases-5737-168 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Allan Palacio 2002-07-25 00:00:00 2002-07-25 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/diseases/diseasesList.cfm?ID=5737&StockCode=6030 Anisakis Disease (juvenile). Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) Arthur, J.R. and S. Lumanlan-Mayo 1997 Checklist of the parasites of fishes of the Philippines. FAO Fish. Tech. Pap. 369, 102 p. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 26129) FB-Diseases-5737-541 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Allan Palacio 2002-10-16 00:00:00 2002-10-16 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/diseases/diseasesList.cfm?ID=5737&StockCode=6030 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Caballerocotyla Infestation 1. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) Arthur, J.R. and S. Lumanlan-Mayo 1997 Checklist of the parasites of fishes of the Philippines. FAO Fish. Tech. Pap. 369, 102 p. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 26129) FB-Diseases-5737-542 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Allan Palacio 2002-10-16 00:00:00 2002-10-16 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/diseases/diseasesList.cfm?ID=5737&StockCode=6030 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Neobenedenia Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) Arthur, J.R. and S. Lumanlan-Mayo 1997 Checklist of the parasites of fishes of the Philippines. FAO Fish. Tech. Pap. 369, 102 p. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 26129) FB-Diseases-5737-373 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Allan Palacio 2003-09-15 00:00:00 2003-09-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/diseases/diseasesList.cfm?ID=5737&StockCode=6030 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Turbidity of the Skin (Marine fish). Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) Bassleer, G. 2000 Diseases in marine aquarium fish: causes, development, symptoms, treatment. Bassleer Biofish, Westmeerbeek, Belgium, 96 p. Second edition. (Ref. 41806) FB-Habitat-5737 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-06-11 00:00:00 2023-06-15 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=5737 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription reef-associated; brackish; marine; depth range 0 - 30 m (Ref. 128797) Coleman, R., J.M. Copus, D.M. Coffey, R.K. Whitton and B.W. Bowen 2018 Shifting reef fish assemblages along a depth gradient in Pohnpei, Micronesia. PeerJ, 6: e4650. (Ref. 128797)