The Longnose Batfish (Ogcocephalus corniger) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the Walking Batfish, Red Lipped Batfish, Walking Longnose Batfish, Devil Nose Fish, Spotted Batfish or Horned Batfish is found in the warm waters of the Western Atlantic Ocean; particularly from the southeastern United States down through the Caribbean Sea and into the Gulf […]

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Teira Batfish (Platax teira) known as the Longfin Batfish, Longfin Platax, Longfin Spadefish, or Round-faced Batfish are widely distributed throughout Indo-Pacific waters. Their range extends from the Red Sea and East Africa to Papua New Guinea, north to the Ryukyu Islands, south to Australia from the central coast of Western Australia, around the tropical north […]

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The Orbic Batfish (Platax orbicularis) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as the Cooper Batfish, Circular Batfish, Orbiculate Batfish, Round Batfish, Leaf Baffish or Narrow-banded Batfish are native to the Indo-Pacific. Orbic Batfish range in eastern Africa from South Africa, Madagascar, the Mascarenes and Seychelles, north into the Red Sea; east through the Persian Gulf […]

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Humpback Batfish (Platax batavianus) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiasts as Batavian Batfish, Marble Batfish, Zebra Batfish, Hump-headed Batfish, or Moonfish is found found throughout the Indo Pacific from the Red Sea to the Western Pacific Ocean. The Humpback Batfish‘s range is from eastern Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles, the Maldives, Sri Lanka, Indian, the Andaman Sea, […]

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ggg Pinnatus Batfish (Platax pinnatus) known to tropical fish keeping enthusiats as the Dusky Batfish, Red-faced Batfish, Pinnate Spadefish or Red-Rimmed Batfish is native to tropical waters of the Western Pacific Ocean. The Pinnatus Batfish is abundand throughout the Indo-Malayan Archipelago, including Indonesia, the Philippines, and New Guinea. Their northern range extends to the Ryukyu […]

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