Platycephalidae

Flatheads

82 species

1. 1Ambiserrula jugosa (McCulloch, 1914) · Mud flatheadbrackish · ocean · subtropical
2. 2Cociella crocodilus (Cuvier, 1829) · Crocodile flatheadbrackish · ocean · tropical · reef
3. 3Cociella heemstrai Knapp, 1996ocean · tropical
4. 4Cociella hutchinsi Knapp, 1996 · Brownmargin flatheadocean · tropical
5. 5Cociella punctata (Cuvier, 1829) · Spotted flatheadocean · tropical · reef
6. 6Cociella somaliensis Knapp, 1996ocean · tropical
7. 7Cymbacephalus beauforti (Knapp, 1973) · Crocodile fishocean · tropical · reef
8. 8Cymbacephalus bosschei (Bleeker, 1860) · Small-eyed flatheadocean · tropical · reef
9. 9Cymbacephalus nematophthalmus (Günther, 1860) · Fringe-eyed flatheadbrackish · ocean · tropical
10. 10Cymbacephalus staigeri (Castelnau, 1875) · Northern rock flatheadocean · tropical
11. 11Elates ransonnettii (Steindachner, 1876) · Dwarf flatheadocean · tropical
12. 12Grammoplites knappi Imamura & Amaoka, 1994ocean · tropical
13. 13Grammoplites scaber (Linnaeus, 1758) · Rough flatheadbrackish · ocean · tropical
14. 14Grammoplites suppositus (Troschel, 1840) · Spotfin flatheadocean · subtropical
15. 15Grammoplites vittatus Valenciennes, 1833ocean · tropical
16. 16Inegocia harrisii (McCulloch, 1914) · Harris's flatheadocean · tropical
17. 17Inegocia japonica (Cuvier, 1829) · Japanese flatheadocean · deep-water
18. 18Inegocia ochiaii Imamura, 2010ocean · subtropical
19. 19Kumococius rodericensis (Cuvier, 1829) · Spiny flatheadocean · tropical
20. 20Leviprora inops (Jenyns, 1840) · Longhead flatheadocean · subtropical · reef
21. 21Onigocia bimaculata Knapp, Imamura & Sakashita, 2000 · Two-spotted flatheadocean · subtropical
22. 22Onigocia grandisquama (Regan, 1908)ocean · tropical
23. 23Onigocia lacrimalis Imamura & Knapp, 2009 · Smooth-snout flatheadocean · subtropical
24. 24Onigocia macrolepis (Bleeker, 1854) · Notched flatheadocean · tropical
25. 25Onigocia oligolepis (Regan, 1908) · Large-scale flatheadocean · tropical · reef
26. 26Onigocia pedimacula (Regan, 1908) · Broadband flatheadocean · tropical
27. 27Onigocia sibogae Imamura, 2011ocean · tropical
28. 28Onigocia spinosa (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) · Midget flatheadocean · tropical
29. 29Papilloculiceps longiceps (Cuvier, 1829) · Tentacled flatheadocean · tropical · reef
30. 30Platycephalus aurimaculatus Knapp, 1987 · Toothy flatheadbrackish · ocean · subtropical
31. 31Platycephalus australis Imamura, 2015 · Australian bartail flatheadocean · subtropical
32. 32Platycephalus bassensis Cuvier, 1829 · Southern sand flatheadbrackish · ocean · temperate
33. 33Platycephalus caeruleopunctatus McCulloch, 1922 · Blue-spotted flatheadbrackish · ocean · temperate
34. 34Platycephalus chauliodous Knapp, 1991 · Bigtooth flatheadocean · tropical
35. 35Platycephalus conatus Waite & McCulloch, 1915 · Deepwater flatheadocean · subtropical
36. 36Platycephalus cultellatus Richardson, 1846ocean · temperate
37. 37Platycephalus endrachtensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 · Bar-tailed flatheadocean · tropical
38. 38Platycephalus fuscus Cuvier, 1829 · Dusky flatheadbrackish · ocean · subtropical
39. 39Platycephalus grandispinis Cuvier, 1829 · Longspine flatheadocean · subtropical
40. 40Platycephalus indicus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Bartail flatheadbrackish · ocean · subtropical · reef
41. 41Platycephalus laevigatus Cuvier, 1829 · Rock flatheadocean · subtropical
42. 42Platycephalus marmoratus Stead, 1908 · Marbled flatheadocean · subtropical
43. 43Platycephalus orbitalis Imamura & Knapp, 2009 · Western-Australian flatheadocean · tropical
44. 44Platycephalus richardsoni Castelnau, 1872 · Tiger flatheadocean · subtropical
45. 45Platycephalus speculator Klunzinger, 1872 · Southern bluespotted flatheadbrackish · ocean · subtropical
46. 46Platycephalus westraliae (Whitley, 1938)ocean · tropical
47. 47Ratabulus diversidens (McCulloch, 1914) · Freespine flatheadocean · subtropical
48. 48Ratabulus fulviguttatus Imamura & Gomon, 2010 · Orange-freckled flatheadocean · subtropical
49. 49Ratabulus megacephalus (Tanaka, 1917)ocean · temperate
50. 50Ratabulus prionotus (Sauvage, 1873) · Halfspined flatheadocean · subtropical · newer than the 2023 backbone
51. 51Ratabulus ventralis Imamura & Gomon, 2010ocean · tropical
52. 52Rogadius asper (Cuvier, 1829) · Olive-tailed flatheadocean · tropical
53. 53Rogadius fehlmanni Knapp, 2012ocean · tropical · reef
54. 54Rogadius mcgroutheri Imamura, 2007 · McGrouther's flatheadocean · tropical
55. 55Rogadius patriciae Knapp, 1987 · Black-banded flatheadocean · tropical
56. 56Rogadius pristiger (Cuvier, 1829) · Thorny flatheadocean · tropical
57. 57Rogadius serratus (Cuvier, 1829) · Serrated flatheadocean · tropical · reef
58. 58Rogadius welanderi (Schultz, 1966) · Welander's flatheadocean · tropical · reef
59. 59Solitas gruveli (Pellegrin, 1905) · Guinea flatheadocean · tropical
60. 60Sorsogona humerosa Knapp & Heemstra, 2011 · White-margined flatheadocean · tropical
61. 61Sorsogona melanoptera Knapp & Wongratana, 1987 · Obscure flatheadocean · tropical
62. 62Sorsogona nigripinna (Regan, 1905) · Blackfin flatheadocean · tropical
63. 63Sorsogona portuguesa (Smith, 1953) · South African thorny flatheadocean · subtropical
64. 64Sorsogona tuberculata (Cuvier, 1829) · Tuberculated flatheadocean · deep-water
65. 65Suggrundus cooperi (Regan, 1908)ocean · tropical
66. 66Suggrundus macracanthus (Bleeker, 1869) · Large-spined flatheadocean · tropical
67. 67Suggrundus meerdervoortii (Bleeker, 1860)ocean · temperate
68. 68Sunagocia arenicola (Schultz, 1966) · Broadhead flatheadocean · tropical · reef
69. 69Sunagocia carbunculus (Valenciennes, 1833) · Papillose flatheadocean · tropical
70. 70Sunagocia omanensis Knapp & Randall, 2013ocean · tropical
71. 71Sunagocia otaitensis (Cuvier, 1829) · Fringelip flatheadocean · tropical · reef
72. 72Sunagocia sainsburyi Knapp & Imamura, 2004 · Sainsbury's flatheadocean · tropical
73. 73Thysanophrys armata (Fowler, 1938)ocean · tropical
74. 74Thysanophrys celebica (Bleeker, 1855) · Celebes flatheadocean · tropical
75. 75Thysanophrys chiltonae Schultz, 1966 · Longsnout flatheadocean · tropical · reef
76. 76Thysanophrys cirronasus (Richardson, 1848) · Tasselsnout flatheadbrackish · ocean · subtropical
77. 77Thysanophrys longirostris (Shao & Chen, 1987)ocean · subtropical
78. 78Thysanophrys papillaris Imamura & Knapp, 1999 · Smallknob flatheadocean · tropical
79. 79Thysanophrys randalli Knapp, 2013 · Snub-snouted flatheadocean · tropical · reef
80. 80Thysanophrys rarita Knapp, 2013 · Somali flatheadocean · tropical · reef
81. 81Thysanophrys springeri Knapp, 2013 · Red Sea flatheadocean · tropical · reef
82. 82Thysanophrys tricaudata Knapp, 2013 · Sri Lankan flatheadocean · tropical · reef

Source: FishBase v25.04 (fishbase.org), via cboettig/fishbase, fetched 2026-10-18.