Yank flathead (Platycephalus speculator)

Scientific name: Platycephalus speculator Klunzinger, 1872

Yank flathead (Platycephalus speculator)

The Yank flathead (Platycephalus speculator) is a brackish-water fish of the family Platycephalidae.

Biology

A shallow water species, recorded from surf beaches, estuaries and in bays.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Platycephalus speculator
Family
Platycephalidae (Flatheads)
Order
Scorpaeniformes (Scorpionfishes and Flatheads)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
90.0
Depth range
30 m (98 ft)
Environment
Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range ? - 30 m
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Eastern Indian Ocean: known only from southern Australia, from Western Australia to Victoria and Tasmania. Large adults have been misidentified as Platycephalus fuscus, the common estuarine flathead of New South Wales and southern Queensland.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: of no interest
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tm=1-2; tmax=12)

Sources

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

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