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Olive-tailed flathead (Rogadius asper)
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Olive-tailed flathead (Rogadius asper) specimen
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Platycephalidae

Olive-tailed flathead

Rogadius asper

Body covered in inverted spines

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

Olive-tailed flathead is known around Indo-West Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 20.5 cm.

Maximum length
20.5 cm
Water
Marine
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: Broome (Australia), the Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819 ) and northwards. Also known from southern Japan (Ref. 559 ), Papua New Guinea (Ref. 6192 ), Philippines and Taiwan (Ref. 7087 ) and India (Ref. 45255 ).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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