Cymbacephalus
Cymbacephalus | |
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Crocodile Fish (C. beauforti) | |
Northern Rock Flathead (C. staigeri) | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Chordata
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Genus: | Cymbacephalus Fowler, 1938
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Cymbacephalus is a genus of flatheads native to the western Pacific Ocean.
Species[]
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]
Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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Cymbacephalus beauforti (, 1973) | Crocodile fish | tropical waters of the center of the Indo-West Pacific | |
(Bleeker, 1860) | Small-eyed flathead | Western Central Pacific: Philippines, Borneo, Singapore, Papua New Guinea, the Arafura Sea and Western Australia to Darwin and Brisbane, Australia. | |
(Günther, 1860) | Fringe-eyed flathead | Western Central Pacific: Philippines, Borneo, Singapore, Celebes, Papua New Guinea, New Georgia and Australia from the Northwest Shelf to Brisbane. | |
(Castelnau, 1875) | Northern rock flathead | Western Central Pacific: Christmas Island to northern Queensland, Gulf of Carpentaria, Darwin, Shark Bay, Australia and Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. |
References[]
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Cymbacephalus in FishBase. December 2012 version.
Categories:
- Platycephalidae
- Scorpaeniformes stubs