Percophidae

Percophidae
Goby flathead, Bembrops gobioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Trachinoidei
Family: Percophidae
Genera

Acanthaphritis
Bembrops
Chrionema
Dactylopsaron
Enigmapercis
Hemerocoetes
Matsubaraea
Osopsaron
Percophis
Pteropsaron
Squamicreedia
See text for species.

The Percophidae, duckbills, are a family of perciform fishes found in tropical and subtropical waters of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans and in the southwestern and southeastern Pacific.

They are small fishes: the largest species, the Brazilian flathead, Percophis brasiliensis, grows up to about 50 cm, but 10 to 20 cm is more typical. A few species are fished commercially, including the Brazilian flathead.

Species

Bembrops platyrhynchus Natal duckbill

Timeline of genera

Quaternary Neogene Paleogene Holocene Pleist. Miocene Oligocene Eocene Paleocene Hemerocoetes Quaternary Neogene Paleogene Holocene Pleist. Miocene Oligocene Eocene Paleocene

References

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