WebbPlatycephalus flatheads are found in the Indo-West Pacific region, mostly around Australia where 16 of the 19 species in the genus are found. One species, the bartail flathead ( P. … http://www.agrijournals.ir/article_114493_0f3f1202904b0207a59b44b6ea9bffdd.pdf
First biometrics record of bartail flathead, Platycephalus indicus ...
Webb31 dec. 2015 · Genus Platycephalus Bloch, 1795 Platycephalus Bloch, 1795: 96 (type species: Platycephalus spathula Bloch, 1795, a junior synonym of Callionymus indicus Linnaeus, 1758, according to de Beaufort & Briggs, 1962). Calliomorus Lacépède, 1800: 343 (type species: Callionymus indicus). Neoplatycephalus Castelnau, 1872: 87 [type … WebbSpecies identification guide for fisheries purposes. The living marine resources of the western central Pacific. Bony fishes part 2 (Mugilidae to Carangidae). FAO, Rome. v. 4: iii-v; 2069-2790;4. Shao, K. T. and J. P. Chen, 1987. Fishes of the family Platycephalidae (Teleostei: Platycephaloidei) of Taiwan with descriptions of two new species. show rbd brasilia
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WebbSynonyms of (Linnaeus, 1758) [ n = 5 ] Sort by : Synonym Author Year CoL Status Valid Synonymy Combination Synonymy list WebbPlatycephalus indicus (Linnaeus, 1758) OTHER SCIENTIFIC NAMES STILL IN USE: Platycephalus insidiator (Forsskål, 1775) VERNACULAR NAMES: FAO : En - Bartail flathead Fr - Platycéphale indien Sp - Chato Indico NATIONAL: DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERS: Body elongate with head stongly depressed. The bartail flathead was first formally described in 1758 as Callionymus indicus by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae with the type locality given as “Asia”. In 1795 the German physician and naturalist Marcus Elieser Bloch described Platycephalus spathula from Tranquebar in India creating the genus Platycephalus. In 1917 David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren Evermann designated Bloch’s P. spathula as the type species of Platycephalus, P. spathula is now considere… show raymond