Redface Batfish - Platax pinnatus Size:Medium

Redface Batfish - Platax pinnatus Size:MediumRedface Batfish (Platax pinnatus) The Redface Batfish, Platax pinnatus, is a dramatic marine batfish best known for its spectacular juvenile colouration, with a dark body, flowing elongated fins and vivid orange red edging. Also known as the Pinnatus Batfish, Pinnate Batfish or Red rimmed Batfish, this Indo West Pacific species becomes a large, tall bodied adult with more subdued silver grey to dusky tones. It is a beautiful and unusual display fish,

eel-like motion through the water column before retreating to a chosen hole or crevice

Special Requirements or Care Notes:Best kept in a mature marine aquarium with stable water quality

greyish or brownish

Occurs solitary or in pairs

Helfrichi Firefish are usually associated with deeper reef slopes

This species requires a large aquarium with ample space to swim and a varied diet

small snails

It is a peaceful fish and can reside in the same aquarium as other butterflies

Exquisitus wrasse - With a green and red colour

It does best with calm

This species is omnivorous

Pectorals and caudal fins are yellow at the base with broad black outer parts