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Platycephalidae
Southern sand flathead
Platycephalus bassensis
Buried in sand and mud it ambushes passing prey
- Temperate
- Transcontinental
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Oceania
- Elongated
- Medium
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Indian Ocean
Oceania
Elongated
MediumSouthern sand flathead is a fish found around Indo-Pacific. The largest recorded length is 46 cm. Its body is an elongated body.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Perches and Allies
- Family
- Platycephalidae
- Genus
- Platycephalus
- Maximum length
- 46 cm
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Indo-Pacific: known only from southern Australia.
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