---
title: "Round Batfish"
description: "Platax orbicularis — Peixes. The orbicular batfish (Platax orbicularis), also known as the cooper batfish, circular batfish, orbiculate batfish, round batfish, narrow-banded batfish or orbic batfish is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ephippidae, the spadefishes and batfishes."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/round-batfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Round Batfish

> Platax orbicularis — Peixes. The orbicular batfish (Platax orbicularis), also known as the cooper batfish, circular batfish, orbiculate batfish, round batfish, narrow-banded batfish or orbic batfish is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ephippidae, the spadefishes and batfishes.

- Scientific name: *Platax orbicularis*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 2079
- Wikidata: [Q1821382](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1821382)
- iNaturalist taxon: [69858](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/69858)

## Names

- en: Round Batfish
- de: Rundkopf-Fledermausfisch
- es: Paguala circular
- fr: Platax orbiculaire
- nl: Ronde vleermuisvis
- pl: Plataks pospolity

## Countries with the most observations

EG (186), ID (142), AU (102), NC (92), PH (57), TW (52), KE (41), JP (39), MV (37), MY (37), SC (36), TH (28)

## Summary

The orbicular batfish (Platax orbicularis), also known as the cooper batfish, circular batfish, orbiculate batfish, round batfish, narrow-banded batfish or orbic batfish is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ephippidae, the spadefishes and batfishes. This species is found in the Indo-Pacific but has been recorded outside its native range in the western Atlantic Ocean.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbicular_batfish

## Photo

![Round Batfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/round-batfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/174273740

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/round-batfish?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).