Cymbacephalus

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Cymbacephalus
Cymbacephalus beauforti 2.jpg
Crocodile Fish (C. beauforti)
Cymbacephalus staigeri.jpg
Northern Rock Flathead (C. staigeri)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
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Cymbacephalus

Fowler, 1938

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
Crocodile Fish (Cymbacephalus beauforti) (6061920046).jpg 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[]

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Cymbacephalus in FishBase. December 2012 version.


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