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Family Ephippidae

INDO- PACIFIC

Platax teira

Subadults, Wakatobi, Indonesia, 20 feet

Dumaguete, Philippines

BLUNTHEAD SPADEFISH

Locally common on coral reefs & dropoffs.  Adults have a dark spot on the belly.  Attains 28 inches.  Red Sea east to Fiji, north to Hokkaido.