Platax
| Platax Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Platax teira | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Ephippidae |
| Genus: | Platax G. Cuvier, 1816 |
| Type species | |
| Chaetodon teira Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801 | |
| Species | |
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Platax is a genus of Indo-Pacific, reef-associated fish belonging to the family Ephippidae. There are currently five known extant species generally accepted to belong to the genus. They are one of the fish taxa commonly known as "batfish".