Bartail flathead

Bartail flathead
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Platycephalidae
Genus: Platycephalus
Species:
P. indicus
Binomial name
Platycephalus indicus
Synonyms
  • Platycephalus spathula Bloch, 1795
  • Cottus insidiator Forsskål, 1775
  • Cottus madagascariensis Lacépède, 1801
  • Callionymus indicus Linnaeus, 1758

The bartail flathead (Platycephalus indicus), also known as the Indian flathead, gobi or Indo-Pacific flathead, is a species of largely marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Platycephalidae, the flatheads. This species is found in the Indian Ocean and the Western Pacific Ocean, and has invaded the eastern Mediterranean Sea.

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