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) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Acanthuriformes (Order)
     └Ephippidae (Family) Spadefishes
      └Platax (Genus)
       └P. boersii (Species)
WoRMS ID: 276801🔗
iNaturalist ID: 120990🔗

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