Southern bluespotted flathead

Platycephalus speculator

Ninety Centimeters Platycephalid Fish of the Eastern Indian Ocean

Blue
Tropical
Regional distribution
Indian Ocean
Oceania
Elongated
Large
Tropical fish

Platycephalus speculator, the southern bluespotted flathead, Castelnau's flathead, deepwater flathead, king flathead, Lakes Entrance flathead, longnose flathead, shovelnose flathead, Southern dusky flathead, Southern flathead or yank flathead, is a common species of flathead. This species is endemic to southern Australia.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Platycephalidae
Genus: Platycephalus
Maximum length: 90 cm
Body shape: elongated
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 (Ref. 9563 ).

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