Overview
Family : Flatheads ; Found inshore over the continental shelf (Ref. 7300). Max . length (Bernard Yau, pers. comm. , 2000).
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Flathead, marbled flathead
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
云纹鲬, 雲紋鯒
Description
Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -4,875 meters (0 to -15,994 feet).[1]
Biome: Marine .
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Order:
Scorpaeniformes
()
- Family:
shore over the continental shelf (Ref.
7300). M
()
- Genus:
Platycephalus
()
- Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886
- Specific name:
marmoratus
- Stead
- Scientific name: - Platycephalus marmoratus Stead, 1908
- Specific name:
marmoratus
- Stead
- Genus:
Platycephalus
(
- Family:
shore over the continental shelf (Ref.
7300). M
(
- Order:
Scorpaeniformes
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Synonyms
Platycephalus marmoratus Stead, 1908
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 07-Sep-1999
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
- Check list of the fishes and fish-like animals of New South Wales. SydneyRoyal Zoological Society of New South Wales1922 url p. 94.
- Fisheries: Zoological results of the fishing experiments carried out by F.I.S. "Endeavor" 1909-10 under H.C. Dannevig, / Commonwealth Director of Fisheries. Sydney: Published by Direction of the Ministers for Trade and Customs, Hon. Frank Gwynne Tudor and Hon. Littleton E. Groom, 1911- url .
- Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. Brisbane, Queensland Museum, 1912- url p. 103.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 28.
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.
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- Kullander, Sven O. (from FishBase).
- 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)
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 135489
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-127040
- Fishbase Species ID: 52355
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13530223
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 167165
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 120938
Footnotes
- Mean = -874.620 meters (-2,869.488 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,366.050 based on 146 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
