Dusky Flathead

CAAB Code: 37 296004

Standard Fish Name: Dusky Flathead

Scientific Name: Platycephalus fuscus

Authority: Cuvier, 1829

Family: Platycephalidae

Obsolete Names: black flathead; dusky; estuary flathead; flathead; flattie; frog; lizzard; mud flathead

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Platycephalidae Family Members

CAAB CODE	STANDARD FISH NAME (SFN)	SFN SCOPE	SCIENTIFIC NAME	OBSOLETE NAMES	PHOTO
37 296033	Bartail Flathead	Species	Platycephalus indicus	bartailed flathead; bar-tailed flathead; flathead ... more
37 296048	Bigscale Flathead	Species	Bembras macrolepis	... more
37 296012	Bigspine Flathead	Species	Suggrundus macracanthus	... more
37 296039	Bigtooth Flathead	Species	Platycephalus chauliodous	... more
37 296008	Blackbanded Flathead	Species	Rogadius patriciae	... more
37 296007	Bluespotted Flathead	Species	Platycephalus caeruleopunctatus	blue spot flathead; bluespot flathead; drift flathead; eastern blue spot flathead; eastern blue-spot ... more
37 296051	Broadband Flathead	Species	Onigocia pedimacula	... more
37 296043	Broadhead Flathead	Species	Sunagocia arenicola	... more
37 296018	Brownmargin Flathead	Species	Cociella hutchinsi	... more
37 296044	Celebes Flathead	Species	Thysanophrys celebica	... more
37 296002	Deepwater Flathead	Species	Neoplatycephalus conatus	deep sea flathead; flathead; trawl flathead ... more
37 296004	Dusky Flathead	Species	Platycephalus fuscus	black flathead; dusky; estuary flathead; flathead; flattie; frog; lizzard; mud flathead ... more
37 296013	Dwarf Flathead	Species	Elates ransonnetii	... more
37 296000	FLATHEAD	Family	Platycephalidae - undifferentiated	bar-tailed flathead; black-banded flathead; brown-margined flathead; dwarf flathead; fringe-eyed fla ... more
37 296011	Freespine Flathead	Species	Ratabulus diversidens	... more
37 296047	Fringe Flathead	Species	Thysanophrys papillolabium	... more
37 296023	Fringe-eye Flathead	Species	Papilloculiceps nematophthalmus	... more
37 296046	Fringelip Flathead	Species	Sunagocia otaitensis	... more
37 296049	Greenspotted Flathead	Species	Bembras megacephala	... more
37 296010	Harris' Flathead	Species	Inegocia harrisii	... more
37 296026	Longfin Flathead	Species	Bembras longipinnis	... more
37 296005	Longhead Flathead	Species	Leviprora inops	... more
37 296034	Longsnout Flathead	Species	Thysanophrys chiltonae	... more
37 296036	Longspine Flathead	Species	Platycephalus longispinis	... more
37 296038	Marbled Flathead	Species	Platycephalus marmoratus	... more
37 296022	Midget Flathead	Species	Onigocia spinosa	... more
37 296041	Mud Flathead	Species	Ambiserrula jugosa	... more
37 296042	Northern Rock Flathead	Species	Suggrundus staigeri	... more
37 296021	Northern Sand Flathead	Species	Platycephalus arenarius	flag tailed flathead; flathead; sand flathead ... more
37 296025	Notched Flathead	Species	Onigocia macrolepis	... more
37 296024	Olive-tail Flathead	Species	Rogadius asper	... more
37 296006	Rock Flathead	Species	Platycephalus laevigatus	grassy flathead; king flathead; smooth flathead ... more
37 296029	Rusty Flathead	Species	Inegocia japonica	... more
37 296055	Sainsbury's Flathead	Species	Sunagocia sainsburyi	... more
37 296040	Serrate Flathead	Species	Rogadius serratus	... more
37 296027	Shortsnout Flathead	Species	Onigocia oligolepis	... more
37 296031	Smalleye Flathead	Species	Papilloculiceps bosschei	... more
37 296053	Smallknob Flathead	Species	Thysanophrys papillaris	... more
37 296037	Southern Bluespotted Flathead	Species	Platycephalus speculator	Southern flathead; bluespot flathead; bluespotted flathead; blue-spotted flathead; Castelnaus ... more
37 296003	Southern Sand Flathead	Species	Platycephalus bassensis	Sand flathead; bay flathead; cliff flathead; common flathead; sandy flathead; slimy flathead ... more
37 296045	Tasselsnout Flathead	Species	Thysanophrys cirronasa	... more
37 296054	Thorny Flathead	Species	Rogadius pristiger	... more
37 296001	Tiger Flathead	Species	Neoplatycephalus richardsoni	... more
37 296903	TIGER FLATHEAD (S)	Group	Neoplatycephalus aurimaculatus & Neoplatycephalus richardsoni	deep sea flathead; flathead; king flathead; spiky flathead; toothy flathead; trawl flathead ... more
37 296035	Toothy Flathead	Species	Neoplatycephalus aurimaculatus	... more
37 296030	Tuberculate Flathead	Species	Sorsogona tuberculata	... more
37 296050	Twospot Flathead	Species	Onigocia bimaculata	... more
37 296019	Whitefin Flathead	Species	Kumococius rodericensis	... more
37 296020	Yellowtail Flathead	Species	Platycephalus endrachtensis	... more

Database last updated: 20060927