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Golden spadefish
Photo: Rickard Zerpe · CC BY 2.0

Golden spadefish

Platax boersii

Grows to
40 cm (1.3 ft)
Group
Fish
Family
Ephippidae

Where to see it

Known from Gili Islands, Great Barrier Reef, Komodo, Maldives, Palau, Philippines, Phuket and the Similans and Raja Ampat.

Source: GBIF.

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