Platycephalus
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Platycephalus is a genus of mostly-marine, bottom-dwelling fish in the family Platycephalidae.
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[edit] 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 term was first used by Bloch in 1795, even though some of its species like P. indicus's descriptions predate the genus' coinage.
The genus Platycephalus was also used to erroneously describe a species not closely related to the flathead family. The species once described as Platycephalus undecimalis is now properly classified as, Centropomus undecimalis, the common snook.
[edit] Species
- Platycephalus Bloch, 1795. Type genus.
- Platycephalus arenarius Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886
- Platycephalus aurimaculatus Knapp, 1987
- Platycephalus bassensis Cuvier, 1829
- Platycephalus caeruleopunctatus McCulloch, 1922
- Platycephalus chauliodous Knapp, 1991
- Platycephalus conatus Waite & McCulloch, 1915
- Platycephalus cultellatus Richardson, 1846
- Platycephalus endrachtensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
- Platycephalus fuscus Cuvier, 1829
- Platycephalus indicus Linnaeus, 1758. Type species. Synonymous with P. spathula.
- Platycephalus laevigatus Cuvier, 1829
- Platycephalus longispinis Macleay, 1884
- Platycephalus marmoratus Stead, 1908
- Platycephalus micracanthus Sauvage, 1873
- Platycephalus richardsoni Castelnau, 1872
- Platycephalus speculator Klunzinger, 1872
[edit] References
- "Platycephalus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
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