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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Platycephalus

Higher classification
  
Platycephalidae

Order
  
Scorpaeniformes

Family
  
Platycephalidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus


Lower classifications
  
Bartail flathead, Platycephalus fuscus

Platycephalus indicus


Platycephalus is a genus of mostly marine, bottom-dwelling fish in the family Platycephalidae.

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Platycephalus fuscus on plastics


Etymology and taxonomic history

The name of the genus, Platycephalus is derived from the Greek words for "flat" and "head". This quite literally describes the major morphological distinguishing characteristic of the members of the genus (and the family).

Centropomus undecimalis was originally described as Platycephalus undecimalis. It has since been recognized as being a perciform fish belonging in the family Centropomidae.

Species

There are currently 19 recognized species in this genus:

Platycephalus Platycephalus Wikipedia

  • Platycephalus angustus Steindachner, 1866 (Steindachner’s flathead)
  • Platycephalus aurimaculatus L. W. Knapp, 1987 (Toothy flathead)
  • Platycephalus australis Imamura, 2015 (Australian bartail flathead)
  • Platycephalus bassensis G. Cuvier, 1829 (Sand flathead)
  • Platycephalus caeruleopunctatus McCulloch, 1922 (Blue-spotted flathead)
  • Platycephalus chauliodous L. W. Knapp, 1991 (Big-tooth flathead)
  • Platycephalus conatus Waite & McCulloch, 1915 (Deep-water flathead)
  • Platycephalus cultellatus J. Richardson, 1846
  • Platycephalus endrachtensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 (Yellow-tail flathead)
  • Platycephalus fuscus G. Cuvier, 1829 (Dusky flathead)
  • Platycephalus grandispinis G. Cuvier, 1829 (Long-spined flathead)
  • Platycephalus indicus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Bar-tail flathead)
  • Platycephalus laevigatus G. Cuvier, 1829 (Black flathead)
  • Platycephalus marmoratus Stead, 1908 (Marbled flathead)
  • Platycephalus micracanthus Sauvage, 1873
  • Platycephalus orbitalis Imamura & L. W. Knapp, 2009 (Western Australian flathead)
  • Platycephalus richardsoni Castelnau, 1872 (Tiger flathead)
  • Platycephalus speculator Klunzinger, 1872 (Yank flathead)
  • Platycephalus westraliae (Whitley, 1938)

    • Platycephalus Platycephalus bassensis Sand flathead fisheries

    Platycephalus BOLD Systems Taxonomy Browser Platycephalus indicus species

    Platycephalus BOLD Systems Taxonomy Browser Platycephalus indicus species

    References

    Platycephalus Wikipedia
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