Platycephalus
| Platycephalus | |
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| Platycephalus fuscus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Platycephalidae |
| Genus: | Platycephalus Bloch, 1795 |
| Type species | |
| Callionymus indicus | |
Platycephalus is a genus of mostly marine, bottom-dwelling fish in the family Platycephalidae. It is particularly diverse in the Australian region where 16 of the 19 Platycephalus species are present.[2]
Etymology and taxonomic history[]
The name of the genus, Platycephalus is derived from the Greek words for "flat" and "head". This quite literally describes the major morphological distinguishing characteristic of the members of the genus (and the family).
Centropomus undecimalis was originally described as Platycephalus undecimalis. It has since been recognized as being a perciform fish in the family Centropomidae.[citation needed]
Species[]
There are currently 19 recognized species in this genus:
- Steindachner, 1866 (Steindachner's flathead) [3]
- , 1987 (Toothy flathead)
- , 2015 (Australian bartail flathead) [2]
- Platycephalus bassensis G. Cuvier, 1829 (Sand flathead)
- Platycephalus caeruleopunctatus McCulloch, 1922 (Blue-spotted flathead)
- , 1991 (Big-tooth flathead)
- Waite & McCulloch, 1915 (Deep-water flathead)
- J. Richardson, 1846
- Platycephalus endrachtensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 (Yellow-tail flathead)
- Platycephalus fuscus G. Cuvier, 1829 (Dusky flathead)
- G. Cuvier, 1829 (Long-spined flathead) [4]
- Platycephalus indicus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Bar-tail flathead)
- Platycephalus laevigatus G. Cuvier, 1829 (Black flathead)
- Stead, 1908 (Marbled flathead)
- Sauvage, 1873
- & , 2009 (Western Australian flathead)
- Castelnau, 1872 (Tiger flathead)
- Platycephalus speculator Klunzinger, 1872 (Yank flathead)
- (Whitley, 1938)
References[]
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- ^ Sepkoski, J. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560.
- ^ a b Imamura, H (2015). "Taxonomic revision of the flathead fish genus Platycephalus Bloch, 1795 (Teleostei: Platycephalidae) from Australia, with description of a new species". Zootaxa. 3904 (2): 151–207. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3904.2.1.
- ^ Imamura, H (2013). "Redescription of Platycephalus angustus Steindachner 1866 (Teleostei: Platycephalidae), a valid flathead in northern Australia and New Guinea". Ichthyological Research. 60 (2): 112–121. doi:10.1007/s10228-012-0319-6.
- ^ Imamura, H. (2013): Validity of Platycephalus grandispinis Cuvier, 1829, with Priority over Platycephalus longispinis Macleay, 1884 (Actinopterygii: Scorpaeniformes: Platycephalidae). Species Diversity, 18 (2): 183-192.
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