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Platycephalidae
Thorny flathead
Rogadius pristiger
Platycephalid Fish of Indo West Pacific
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- Oceania
- Southeast Asia
- West Asia
- Elongated
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Elongated
MediumThorny flathead is a marine fish of Indo-West Pacific. The species occupies marine waters. The largest recorded length is 50 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Perches and Allies
- Family
- Platycephalidae
- Genus
- Rogadius
- Maximum length
- 50 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea, Madagascar and Gulf of Oman; northern Indian Ocean; Indonesia, Gulf of Thailand, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, the Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819 ), northwest shelf of Australia and New Caledonia. Recently reported from Tonga (Ref. 53797 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
