Crocodilefish

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Crocodilefish is the common name given to some members of the family Platycephalidae:

• It is the Fishbase recognised name for Cymbacephalus beauforti, the De Beaufort's flathead, a fish occurring in the western Pacific.^[1]
• The Indian Ocean species Papilloculiceps longiceps, the Tentacled flathead, is also known as the crocodilefish or the Indian Ocean crocodilefish.^[2][3]

Cymbacephalus beauforti

Papilloculiceps longiceps

[edit] References

1. ^ "Cymbacephalus beauforti". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. 4 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
2. ^ Siliotti, A. (2002) fishes of the red sea Verona, Geodia ISBN 88-87177-42-2
3. ^ "Papilloculiceps longiceps". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. 4 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.