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Bartail flathead

Characteristics

  • Often observed lying motionless in sandy bottoms and partially buried in sand.
  • Feeds on small fishes and crustaceans.
  • The peak spawning season for this species in Hong Kong is from October to February.
  • In Hong Kong waters, most males and females mature at around 23.5 cm and 45.7 cm (Fork Length).

Description

  • Head and body greyish brown with grey mottling and black dots.
  • Ventrally yellow.
  • Caudal fins truncate with a horizontal yellow stripe near the middle. Upper and lower lobes with black and white stripes.

Common Name: Bartail flathead

Family Common Name: Flatheads

Family: Platycephalidae

Scientific Name: Platycephalus indicus___(Linnaeus, 1758)

Genus: Platyephalus

Maximum Length: 100 cm (Total Length)

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未評估
Not Evaluated (ne)
數據缺乏
Data Deficient (dd)
無危
Least Concern (lc)
近危
Near Threatened (nt)
易危
Vulnerable (vu)
瀕危
Endangered (en)
極危
Critically Endangered (cr)
絕滅
Extinct (ex)
Bartail flathead

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