Please help. Need identification

I know this one is pretty well known but I cant find the name

WOW! That looks like a large juvenile pinnate spadefish. you can start to see a white band behind the pectoral fin...

Great shot! Where did you find this fellow?

M.

Thx

the shot was made at Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Great place for macro.

It is Platax pinnatus.

I've always heard the common name as a batfish - the one that is gorgeous as a juvenile!

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSum...esname=pinnatus

Love them!

Don

Ooo.... also know it as a juvenile batfish! If you look at the back of the Asia pacefic reef guide book by IKAN... sorry cant recall the author right now... its there!

Fantastic find... we also found one hiding away in a cave in Manado - North Suluwesi.

Loved Lembeh... and if your a fanaticla "muck" diver... then its definitely the right playground to be in!