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 AMNH 88349 Platax tiera AMNH 88361 Platax tiera AMNH 95577 Platax teira P 95044.0040 27 N 33 E Platax teira P 95044.0040 Platax teira ZMH 16351 Platax teira ZMH 16352 Platax teira ZMH 16356 Platax teira ZMH 16358 Platax teira ZMH 5422 Platax teira ZMH 16355 1895 Platax teira ZMH 16357 1898 Platax teira ZMH 16353 1900 Platax teira ZMH 16354 1904 Platax teira ZMH 16350 1905 Platax teira ZMH 16359 1909 Platax teira ZMH 16360 1909 Platax teira AMNH 13863 1937 Platax teira ZMH 910 1959 Platax teira AMNH 50133 1979 Platax teira AMNH 50134 1979 Platax teira AMNH 50135 1979 Platax teira AMNH 50136 1979 Platax teira AMNH 50137 1979 Platax teira AMNH 50138 1979 Platax teira FW OO142-T 1979 Platax teira AMNH 43111 1980 Platax teira SUML-FI EPH 0001 1988 Platax teira FISH 386965 5 S 150 E 1994 Platax teira FW O2047-T 1995 Platax teira SPCP 0103 1999 Platax teira SPCP 0478 2001 Platax terra