Platycephalus
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| Platycephalus Temporal range: Early Eocene to Present[1] | |
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| an unidentified Platycephalid | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Infraphylum: | Gnathostomata |
| Superclass: | Osteichthyes |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Subclass: | Neopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes[2] |
| Family: | Platycephalidae |
| Genus: | Platycephalus Bloch, 1795 |
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| Callionymus indicus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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Platycephalus is a genus of mostly-marine, bottom-dwelling fish in the family Platycephalidae.
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).
The Common snook (Centropomus undecimalis) was originally described as Platycephalus undecimalis. It has since been recognized as being a perciform fish belonging in the family Centropomidae.
Species
There are currently 17 recognized species in this genus:[3]
- Platycephalus aurimaculatus L. W. Knapp, 1987 (Toothy flathead)
- Platycephalus bassensis G. Cuvier, 1829 (Sand flathead)
- Platycephalus caeruleopunctatus McCulloch, 1922 (Blue-spotted flathead)
- Platycephalus chauliodous L. W. Knapp, 1991 (Bigtooth flathead)
- Platycephalus conatus Waite & McCulloch, 1915 (Deep-water flathead)
- Platycephalus cultellatus J. Richardson, 1846
- Platycephalus endrachtensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 (Bar-tailed flathead)
- Platycephalus fuscus G. Cuvier, 1829 (Dusky flathead)
- Platycephalus indicus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Bartail flathead)
- Platycephalus laevigatus G. Cuvier, 1829 (Black flathead)
- Platycephalus longispinis W. J. Macleay, 1884 (Long-spined flathead)
- Platycephalus marmoratus Stead, 1908 (Marbled flathead)
- Platycephalus micracanthus Sauvage, 1873
- Platycephalus orbitalis Imamura & L. W. Knapp, 2009 (Western-Australian flathead)
- Platycephalus richardsoni Castelnau, 1872 (Tiger flathead)
- Platycephalus speculator Klunzinger, 1872 (Yank flathead)
- Platycephalus westraliae (Whitley, 1938)
References
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. Retrieved 2007-12-25.
- ↑ "Scorpaeniformes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Platycephalus in FishBase. December 2012 version.
See also
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