Tall fin batfish (Platax teira) seen at Koh Koun island on a daytrip!

The island of Koh Koun offers some of the best dive sites reachable from Sihanoukville on a daytrip. At the western side nearby the dive site Corner Bar, we often spot a large school of tall fin batfish (Platax teira).

Most of the time the animals are coming very close to divers, seeming amlost interested in what strange animal is diving around their reefs.

They are a favourite with divers because of their curious nature, individuals regularly approach divers closely even following them.

They are either solitary, in pairs or a group, sometimes seen in special friendship with a turtle.

Juveniles are often boomerang shaped and some species have elaborate markings to mimic something else.