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Round batfish
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0

Round batfish

Platax orbicularis

Also called Dalapugán

Grows to
60 cm (2 ft)
Group
Fish
Family
Ephippidae

Where to see it

Known from Egyptian Red Sea, Gili Islands, Great Barrier Reef, Koh Tao and Koh Samui, Komodo, Maldives, Palau, Philippines, Phuket and the Similans and Raja Ampat.

Source: GBIF.

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