Golden Spadefish

Scientific Name: Platax boersii
Family: Spadefishes – Ephippidae
Maximum Size: 47cm
Identification: Yellowish silver; dark to faint bar through eye and a second bar from nape to ventral fins.
Favourite: Form large schools.
Hide-out: Coastal and outer reef dropoffs in 3-30m.
Location: Asian Pacific – Red Sea to Indonesia, Philippines, Palau, New Guinea and Solomon Is. north to S.W. Japan.