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Typical Flatheads
Platycephalidae
The Platycephalidae are a family of marine ray-finned fish, most commonly referred to as flatheads. They ambush predators which lay on the seabed, being demersal. The family ranges throughout the Indo-Pacific.
17 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 86 known species
Platycephalus
genusPlatycephalus
Cymbacephalus
genusCymbacephalus
Leviprora
genusLeviprora
Papilloculiceps
genusPapilloculiceps
Thysanophrys
genusThysanophrys
Onigocia
genusOnigocia
Rogadius
genusRogadius
Inegocia
genusInegocia
Mud Flatheads
genusAmbiserrula
Sunagocia
genusSunagocia
Cociella
genusCociella
Grammoplites
genusGrammoplites
Ratabulus
genusRatabulus
Kumococius
genusKumococius
Solitas
genusSolitas
Elates
genusElates
Insidiator
genusInsidiator
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 51480.