Bartail flathead
| Platycephalus indicus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Platycephalidae |
| Genus: | Platycephalus |
| Species: | P. indicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Platycephalus indicus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Platycephalus spathula Bloch, 1795 | |
The bartail flathead (Platycephalus indicus), also called bar-tailed flathead, bartail blenny, gobi, Indian flathead, or Indo-Pacific flathead,[2] is the type species for the Platycephalus genus of fish.[3] It is found in the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.[2] Following the revision of genus Platycephalus in Australia, Australian specimens previously assigned to this species are now considered a separate species, Platycephalus australis.[4]
Platycephalus indicus grow to a maximum length of 100 cm (39 in) TL, although they are commonly smaller, to 60 cm (24 in) TL. They live on sandy and muddy bottoms of coastal waters, including estuaries, and juveniles have even been taken in freshwater. It is a commercial fish species.[2]
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References
- ↑ Knapp, L.W. (2010). "Platycephalus indicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
- 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Platycephalus indicus" in FishBase. November 2014 version.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, W. N. (7 January 2015). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ↑ Imamura, H. (2015): Taxonomic revision of the flathead fish genus Platycephalus Bloch, 1785 (Teleostei: Platycephalidae) from Australia, with description of a new species. Zootaxa, 3904 (2): 151–207.