Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Platycephalidae (Flatheads)
Etymology: Platycephalus: Greek, platys = flat + Greek, kephale = head (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Quoy & Gaimard.

Marine; demersal; tropical.

Eastern Indian Ocean to Western Pacific: Australia and Indonesia.

Max length: 45.0 cm TL male/unsexed (Ref. 3132); max. published weight: 5.0 kg (Ref. 3132).

Found on sand bottoms (Ref. 3132). Neither anterolateral glandular groove nor venom gland is present (Ref. 57406).

Imamura, H. 2008 Synonymy of two species of the genus Platycephalus and validity of Platycephalus westraliae (Teleostei: Platycephalidae). Ichthyol. Res. 55:399-406. (Ref. 86914)

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  Harmless (Ref. 57406)

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 21.5 - 28.8, mean 27.7 °C (based on 528 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00525 (0.00246 - 0.01120), b=3.04 (2.85 - 3.23), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 4.4 ±0.7 se; Based on diet studies.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (35 of 100).

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 222 [25, 1,177] mg/100g; Iron = 2.22 [0.59, 6.27] mg/100g; Protein = 17.1 [14.7, 19.4] %; Omega3 = 0.24 [0.10, 0.72] g/100g; Selenium = 116 [27, 511] μg/100g; VitaminA = 33.6 [12.1, 93.2] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.08 [0.47, 2.35] mg/100g (wet weight);