Overview
Family : Flatheads ; Found on sandy and muddy bottoms of coastal waters [1][2]. Frequently in estuaries, juveniles have been taken in freshwater . Taken by handlining and seining in shallow waters and by trawling at depths to 30 m , usually less[3]. A good food fish [4] that is marketed fresh[5]. Commercially cultured in Japan. Used in Chinese medicine[6].
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Balkstert platkop, Balkstert-platkop
Common Names in Arabic:
Ohara, Wahar
Common Names in Bengali:
Char bele, Mur bailla, চর বেলে
Common Names in Bikol:
Itang
Common Names in Cebuano:
Sunog
Common Names in Danish:
Indisk fladhovedulk
Common Names in English:
Bar-tailed flathead, Bartail Blenny, bartail flathead, Bartailed flathead, Flathead, Gobi, Indian flathead, Indo-Pacific flathead
Common Names in Farsi:
Zaminkan-e-dom-navari
Common Names in French:
Platyc?phale Indien, Platyc, Platycéphale indien, Poisson-Crocodile
Common Names in Greek:
Platykefalopsaro, Πλατυκεφαλόψαρο
Common Names in Greek, Modern:
Platykefalopsaro, Πλατυκεφαλόψαρο
Common Names in Greek, Modern (1453):
Platykefalopsaro, Πλατυκεφαλόψαρο
Common Names in Ilokano:
Buya-buya
Common Names in Japanese:
Kochi, Yoshino-gochi
Common Names in Kannada:
Balchat, ಬಾಲಛಾಟ್
Common Names in Korean:
Yang-T´ae, Yang-t'ae, 양태
Common Names in Malay:
Baji-baji, Bebaji, Ikan anjing
Common Names in Malayalam:
Orathal, ഒറത്തല്, ഒറത്തല്
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
Ni, Niú wei yú, Yìn dù yong, Yong, 印度牛尾魚, 印度牛尾鱼, 牛尾, 鯒(印度鯒), 鲬(印度鲬)
Common Names in Maranao/Samal/Tao Su:
Kamangbuaya
Common Names in Maranao/Samal/Tao Sug:
Kamangbuaya
Common Names in Marathi:
Mench, मिंच
Common Names in Pangasinan:
Buya-buya
Common Names in Persian:
Zaminkan-e-dom-navari
Common Names in Polish:
Plaskogl, Plaskoglów indyjski
Common Names in Portuguese:
Hlekende, Nyatshendze, Sapateiro do Indico, Tchiquitcha, Thende
Common Names in Russian:
Indiyskiy ploskogolov, плоскоголов индийский
Common Names in Sinhalese:
Mudhu valigouva
Common Names in Somali:
Tixsi gaad
Common Names in Spanish:
Chato índico
Common Names in Swahili:
Danzi, Mbiliwili, Songwa, Vumbaua
Common Names in Swedish:
Kochi
Common Names in Tagalog:
Kamangbuaya, Sunog
Common Names in Tamil:
Oolpathy, Ulupathi, உளுப்பதி, ஊல்பதி, ஊல்பதீ , ௨ளுபதீ
Common Names in Telugu:
Irrwa, ఇర్వా
Common Names in Thai:
Hangkhwai, หางควาย
Common Names in Vietnamese:
Cá Chai, Cá Chai ?n Ð?, Cá Chai Ấn Độ
Common Names in Waray-waray:
Sunog
Description
Habitat
Typically found in a lake at a mean distance from sea level of -106 meters (-349 feet).[7]
Ecology:
Platycephalus indicus is found on sandy or muddy bottoms
,
close to coral
reefs in subtropical
climates. This species is an
ambush predator
. Younger life stages use estuaries and freshwater
habitats
as nursery
grounds
.[8].
List of Habitats:
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.14 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Saline, Brackish or Alkaline Lakes
- 9 Marine Neritic
- 9.8 Marine Neritic - Coral Reef
- 9.10 Marine Neritic - Estuaries
- 10 Marine Oceanic
- 10.1 Marine Oceanic - Epipelagic (0-200m) [more info]
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Class:
Actinopterygii
()
- Order:
Scorpaeniformes
()
- Family:
sandy and muddy bottoms of coastal waters
(Ref.
()
- Genus:
Platycephalus
()
- Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886
- Specific name:
indicus
- Scientific name: - Platycephalus indicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Specific name:
indicus
- Genus:
Platycephalus
(
- Family:
sandy and muddy bottoms of coastal waters
(Ref.
(
- Order:
Scorpaeniformes
(
- Class:
Actinopterygii
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Synonyms
Callionymus indicus • Callionymus indicus Linnaeus • Callionymus indicus Linnaeus, 1758 • Cottus insidiator • Cottus insidiator Forsskål • Cottus madagascariensis • Cottus madagascariensis Lacepède • Platycephalus indicus • Platycephalus indicus (Linnaeus, 1758) • Platycephalus insidiator • Platycephalus insidiator (Forsskål
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 10-Jan-1997
[8].
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
- A catalog of the fishes known from the waters of Korea / by David Starr Jordan and Charles William Metz. Pittsburgh, : Published by the authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, [1913] url p. 54.
- A catalog of the fishes of Formosa. By David Starr Jordan and Robert Earl Richardson. Pittsburgh, Board of trustees of the Carnegie institute, 1909. url p. 194.
- A catalog of the fishes of the island of Formosa, or Taiwan: based on the collections of Dr. Hans Sauter / by David Starr Jordan and Robert Earl Richardson. Pittsburgh: Published by the authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, [1907?] url p. 194.
- A collection of fishes from Sumatra / by Henry W. Fowler. Philadelphia: [s.n.], 1904. url , p. 550.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 48, p. 52.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 141.
- Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries. Washington, D.C.: Govt. Print. Off., 1905-1950. url p. 280, p. 293.
- Check-list of species of fishes known from the PhilippineArchipelago, by David Starr Jordan and Robert Earl Richardson. Manila: Bureau of Printing, 1910. url p. 53.
- Check-list of the species of fishes known from the Philippine Archipelago, Manila, Bureau of printing, 1910. url p. 354.
- Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 194, p. 220, p. 262, p. 298, p. 321, p. 688, p. 80.
- Fishery circular / U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Fisheries. [Washington]: The Bureau, 1931-1939. url p. 35, p. 98.
- Journal and proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 9 1913 Calcutta, Asiatic Society of Bengal. url p. 338, p. 344, p. 352.
- Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum. 4 1906-1911 Pittsburgh: Published by the authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, 1901-1936. url p. 194, p. 278, p. 433, p. 441, p. 54.
- Ontogeny and systematics of fishes: based on an international symposium dedicated to the memory of Elbert Halvor Ahlstrom / sponsored by the National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Dept. of Commerce. [New York?]: American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, c1984. url p. 407, p. 421.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 29.
- Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1979- url p. 364.
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url p. 57.
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 25 1903 Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 361, p. 368, p. 434, p. 486, p. 512, p. 608, p. 630, p. 641, p. 670, p. 733, p. 9.
- Record of fishes obtained in Japan in 1911, by David Starr Jordan and William Francis Thompson. Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, 1914 url p. 278.
- Record of the fishes obtained in Japan in 1911 / by David Starr Jordan and William Francis Thompson. Pittsburgh: Published by the authority of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, [1914] url p. 278.
- The Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo, Japan = Tokyo Teikoku Daigaku kiyo. Rika. Tokyo, Japan: The University, 1898-1925. url p. 284.
- The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. London: Academic Press [etc.], 1865-1968. url p. 484, p. 508.
- The Philippine journal of science. Manila: Bureau of Science url p. 286, p. 348, p. 354.
- The fishery resources of the Philippine Islands with descriptions of new species / Manila?: s.n., ca. 1909 - ca. 1912 url .
- The fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. .. by Dr. Max Weber. .. and Dr. L.F. de Beaufort. Leiden, E.J. Brill, Ltd., 1911- url p. 100, p. 101, p. 145, p. 306, p. 307, p. 92.
- World Atlas of Seagrasses UNEP-WCMC url p. 196, p. 96.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Knapp, L.W. 2010. Platycephalus indicus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 09, 2007:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, CSIRO Marine Data Warehouse
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Management - Linefish Dataset
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate specimens
- Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Ichtyologie
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, MCZ Fish Collection
- OZCAM
- Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
- Royal Ontario Museum, Fish specimens
- Senckenberg, Collection Pisces
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 135486
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-21594
- Fishbase Species ID: 950
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14386274
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 167159
- IUCN ID: 233551
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 120935
Footnotes
- Fischer, W., I. Sousa, C. Silva, A. de Freitas, J.M. Poutiers, W. Schneider, T.C. Borges, J.P. Feral and A. Massinga (1990). Fichas FAO de identificaçao de espécies para actividades de pesca. Guia de campo das espécies comerciais marinhas e de águas salob ... [back]
- Kuiter, R. H. and Tonozuka (2001). Pictorial guide to Indonesian reef fishes. Part 1. Eels- Snappers, Muraenidae - Lutjanidae. Zoonetics, Australia. 302 p. [back]
- Knapp, L.W. (1999). Platycephalidae. Flatheads. p. 2385-2421. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 4. Bony fishes part 2 (Mugil ... [back]
- Knapp, L.W. (1986). Platycephalidae. p. 482-486. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. [back]
- Sousa, M.I. and M. Dias (1981). Catálogo de peixes de Moçambique - Zona Sul. Instituto de Desenvolvimento Pesqueiro, Maputo. 121 p. [back]
- Tang, W.-C. (1987). Chinese medicinal materials from the sea. Abstracts of Chinese Medicine 1(4):571-600. [back]
- Standard Deviation = 642.610 based on 364 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
- Knapp, L.W. 2010. Platycephalus indicus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]
