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Midget flathead (Onigocia spinosa)
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Midget flathead (Onigocia spinosa) specimen
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Platycephalidae

Midget flathead

Onigocia spinosa

Platycephalid Fish of Japanese Waters

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • East Asia
  • Oceania
  • Southeast Asia
  • Elongated
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Midget flathead is known around Western Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 25 cm.

Maximum length
25 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
Western Pacific: southern Japan, South China Sea, Philippines, northwest shelf of Australia through Timor and Arafura seas.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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