Field notes
Encounter profile
Identified using iNaturalist, WoRMS.
Platax boersii - Spadefishes - A marine genus.
Species profile
Golden Spadefish
Platax boersii
Identified using iNaturalist, WoRMS.
5
Media items
Photos and videos
3
Dives
Distinct encounters
1
Location
1 trip
Archive ecology
Conditions where we found it
SNAP observations, not the species’ full biological range.
- Depth evidence
- 3.1–24.6m
- Median 7.4m · n=5
- Water temperature
- 28.0–28.0°C
- Median 28.0°C · n=5
Depth basis: 0 recorded, 5 profile-estimated.
Consistent water window
5 observations with dive temperature sit within 28.0–28.0°C.
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Indicative archive pattern · 5 observations / 3 dives
Observed depth distributionmiddle 50%: 6.5–9.8m
- • These distributions describe photographs in SNAP, not a species’ complete biological range.
- • Depth distributions use recorded or capture-time profile estimates; dive-average and maximum context is excluded.
- • Time-of-day groups use the camera clock and are not corrected for sunrise, sunset, or timezone.
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Species photographed on the same dives come first, followed by close taxonomic neighbours.
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