Platycephalus speculator

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Platycephalus speculator
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Platycephalidae
Genus: Platycephalus
Species: P. speculator
Binomial name
Platycephalus speculator
Klunzinger, 1872

The Southern Flathead or Yank Flathead is a common species of flathead found around the southern coast and offshore islands of Australia growing to 90 cm[1] and inhabiting a depth of from 8 to 30 metres [2]

References

  1. Platycephalus speculator from www.fishbase.org
  2. Coleman, Neville (1980). Australian Sea Fishes South of the 30°S. Sydney, Auckland, New York, Toronto: Doubleday. ISBN 0-86824-116-4. 


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