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Platycephalus
Platycephalus is a genus of mostly marine, bottom-dwelling fish in the family Platycephalidae.
18 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 18 known species
Dusky Flathead
speciesPlatycephalus fuscus
Rock Flathead
speciesPlatycephalus laevigatus
Southern Bluespotted Flathead
speciesPlatycephalus speculator
Southern Sand Flathead
speciesPlatycephalus bassensis
Bartail Flathead
speciesPlatycephalus indicus
Bluespotted Flathead
speciesPlatycephalus caeruleopunctatus
Longspine Flathead
speciesPlatycephalus grandispinis
Yellowtail Flathead
speciesPlatycephalus westraliae
Northern Sand Flathead
speciesPlatycephalus endrachtensis
Bartailed Flathead
speciesPlatycephalus australis
Marbled Flathead
speciesPlatycephalus marmoratus
Tiger Flathead
speciesPlatycephalus richardsoni
Platycephalus cultellatus
speciesPlatycephalus cultellatus
Bigtooth Flathead
speciesPlatycephalus chauliodous
Toothy Flathead
speciesPlatycephalus aurimaculatus
Western-Australian flathead
speciesPlatycephalus orbitalis
Steindachner's Flathead
speciesPlatycephalus angustus
Deepwater Flathead
speciesPlatycephalus conatus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 68630.