Bartail flathead
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P. indicus
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Platycephalus spathula Bloch, 1795 |
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The bartail flathead (Platycephalus indicus), also called bar-tailed flathead, bartail blenny, gobi, Indian flathead, or Indo-Pacific flathead,[2] is the type species for the Platycephalus genus of fish.[3] It is found in the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.[2] The species now also occurs in the Mediterranean, having invaded as a Lessepsian migrant through the Suez Canal.[4] Following the revision of genus Platycephalus in Australia, Australian specimens previously assigned to this species are now considered a separate species, Platycephalus australis.[5]
Platycephalus indicus grow to a maximum length of 100 cm (39 in) TL, although they are commonly smaller, to 60 cm (24 in) TL. They live on sandy and muddy bottoms of coastal waters, including estuaries, and juveniles have even been taken in freshwater. It is a commercial fish species.[2]
References
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Platycephalus indicus" in FishBase. November 2014 version.
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- ↑ Imamura, H. (2015): Taxonomic revision of the flathead fish genus Platycephalus Bloch, 1785 (Teleostei: Platycephalidae) from Australia, with description of a new species. Zootaxa, 3904 (2): 151–207.
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