Bar-tailed flathead (Platycephalus endrachtensis)

Scientific name: Platycephalus endrachtensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825

Bar-tailed flathead (Platycephalus endrachtensis)

The Bar-tailed flathead (Platycephalus endrachtensis) is a marine fish of the family Platycephalidae. Native range: Eastern Indian Ocean to Western Pacific, Australia and Indonesia.

Biology

This species is distinguished by the following characters: a single small isolated dorsal spine anteriorly; second dorsal and anal fin rays usually 13; snout long, 28.5-31.0% HL; larger specimens with interorbit narrow 7.7-12.0% HL; postorbital short, 50.7-56.4% HL; posterior portion of snout and interorbital covered with scales; upper iris lappet triangular; skinny sensory tubes from the suborbital bones and preopercle not covering the cheek region; preopercule with 2 spines, the lower slightly longer than the upper; fingerlike interopercular flap; a single exterior opening of the lateral line scales; head and body pale brown, with many small brownish spots dorsally, 4 or more dark longitudinal bands on caudal fin, and upper lobe of caudal fin lacking yellow blotch when fresh.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Platycephalus endrachtensis
Family
Platycephalidae (Flatheads)
Order
Scorpaeniformes (Scorpionfishes and Flatheads)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
45.0
Environment
Marine; demersal
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Eastern Indian Ocean to Western Pacific: Australia and Indonesia.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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