Overview
Family : Flatheads ; A shallow water species, recorded from surf beaches, estuaries and in bays [1].
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Castelnau's Flathead, Bluespot Flathead, Deep Water Flathead, King Flathead, Lakes Entrance Flathead, Longnose Flathead, Shovelnose Flathead, Southern Bluespotted Flathead, Southern Dusky Flathead, Southern Flathead, Toothy Flathead, Yank Flathead
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
新平头鱼, 新平頭魚, 蓝斑鲬, 藍斑鯒
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 382 meters (0 to 1,253 feet).[2]
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Class:
Actinopterygii
()
- Order:
Scorpaeniformes
()
- Family:
w water species, recorded from surf beaches,
es
()
- Genus:
Platycephalus
()
- Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886
- Specific name:
speculator
- Klunzinger, 1872
- Scientific name: - Platycephalus speculator Klunzinger, 1872
- Specific name:
speculator
- Klunzinger, 1872
- Genus:
Platycephalus
(
- Family:
w water species, recorded from surf beaches,
es
(
- Order:
Scorpaeniformes
(
- Class:
Actinopterygii
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Synonyms
Neoplatycephalus speculator (Klunzinger • Planipora melsoni Whitley • Platycephalus castelnaui Macleay
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
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 48, p. 54.
- Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: url , p. 197, p. 223, p. 227, p. 276, p. 277, p. 278, p. 280, p. 281, p. 282, p. 283, p. 284, p. 567, p. 817, p. 823, p. 888.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 29.
- The Australian zoologist. Sydney, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales url p. 326.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 07, 2007:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Bureau of Rural Sciences National commercial fisheries half-degree data set 2000-2002
- OZCAM
- Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
- SysTax, Staatliches Museum fur Naturkunde, Stuttgart
- SysTax, SysTax
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3864624
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-30653
- Fishbase Species ID: 3552
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13524159
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 167168
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 120941
Footnotes
- May, J.L. and J.G.H. Maxwell (1986). Trawl fish from temperate waters of Australia. CSIRO Division of Fisheries Research, Tasmania. 492 p. [back]
- Mean = 31.040 meters (101.837 feet), Standard Deviation = 83.030 based on 49 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
