Overview
Family : Flatheads ; Occurs on the continental shelf and upper slope [1]. Feeds primarily on fish, crustaceans and squid (Ref. 6390). Probably forms aggregations by sex[2]. Sold as fresh, chilled, or frozen fillets in the domestic market.
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Deep-Water Flathead, Deepwater Firefish, Deepwater flathead, Trawl flathead
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
野鯒, 野鲬, 錐新平頭魚, 锥新平头鱼
Description
Habitat
Biome: Saltwater . Demersal .
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Order:
Scorpaeniformes
()
- Family:
n the continental shelf and upper slope
(Ref. 9
()
- Genus:
Platycephalus
()
- Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886
- Specific name:
conatus
- Waite & McCulloch, 1915
- Scientific name: - Platycephalus conatus Waite & McCulloch, 1915
- Specific name:
conatus
- Waite & McCulloch, 1915
- Genus:
Platycephalus
(
- Family:
n the continental shelf and upper slope
(Ref. 9
(
- Order:
Scorpaeniformes
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Synonyms
Neoplatycephalus conatus (Waite & Mcculloch • Platycephalus speculator Klunzinger
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Subgenus
: Neoplatycephalus
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 23-Sep-1995
Similar Species
Members of the genus Platycephalus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 40 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. arenarius (Northern-Flag Tailed Flathead) · P. asper (Olive-Tailed Flathead) · P. aurimaculatus (Mongrel Tiger Flathead) · P. bassensis (Southern Sand Flathead) · P. borboniensis (Small-Eyed Flathead) · P. boschei (Bosch's Flathead) · P. caeruleopunctatus (Eastern Blue-Spot Flathead) · P. carbunculus (Papillose Flathead) · P. celebicus (Quarterspined Flathead) · P. chauliodous (Bigtooth Flathead) · P. conatus (Deep-Water Flathead) · P. cooperi (Spotted Flathead) · P. crocodilus (Crocodile Flathead) · P. endrachtensis (Western Estuary Flathead) · P. fuscus (Dusky Finned Bulleye) · P. gruveli (Guinea Flathead) · P. guttatus (Spot Eye Flathead) · P. indicus (Indo-Pacific Flathead) · P. japonicus (Japanese Flathead) · P. laevigatus (Marbled-Bellied Flathead) · P. longiceps (Indian Ocean Crocodilefish) · P. longispinis (Western Sand Flathead) · P. longispinus (Longspined Flathead) · P. macrodon (Tiger Flathead) · P. macrolepis (Notched Flathead) · P. marmoratus (Marbled Flathead) · P. nematophthalmus (Fringe-Eyed Flathead) · P. oligolepis (Large-Scale Flathead) · P. orbitalis (Western-Australian Flathead) · P. pedimacula (Blackblotch Flathead) · P. pristiger (Thorny Flathead) · P. pristis (Quarterspined Flathead) · P. richardsoni (Deep Sea Flathead) · P. rodericensis (Large-Spinned Flathead) · P. serratus (Serrated Flathead) · P. speculator (Castelnau's Flathead) · P. spinosus (Midget Flathead) · P. suppositus (Regan's Flathead) · P. tentaculatus (Tentacled Flathead) · Sorsogona prionota (Halfspined Flathead)
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Further Reading
- Hoda, S.M.S. and M. Goren 1990 Bathygobius karachiensis (Gobiidae), a new species from Pakistan. Cybium 14(2):143-150.
- Kailola, P.J., M.J. Williams, P.C. Stewart, R.E. Reichelt, A. McNee and C. Grieve (1993). Australian fisheries resources. Bureau of Resource Sciences, Canberra, Australia. 422 p.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- Collette, Bruce B. (from FishBase).
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bureau of Rural Sciences National commercial fisheries half-degree data set 2000-2002 (OBIS Australia)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: CSIRO Marine Data Warehouse (OBIS Australia)
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 135482
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-35815
- Fishbase Species ID: 14340
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 644351
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 120931
