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Platycephalidae
46 species in this family
The Platycephalidae family belongs to the scorpionfishes, gurnards & sculpins and includes 46 species in the guide. You find them all below, with photos, identification details and distribution. Identify them in the field with the Fin's Fish Guide app.
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Best-known species
Bluespot flathead
Platycephalus speculator
Platycephalidae
Bass flathead
Platycephalus bassensis
Platycephalidae
Black flathead (Platycephalus fuscus)
Platycephalidae
Bluespotted flathead
Platycephalus caeruleopunctatus
Platycephalidae
Bartail flathead (Platycephalus indicus)
Platycephalidae
Black flathead (Platycephalus laevigatus)
Platycephalidae
Deep sea flathead
Platycephalus richardsoni
Platycephalidae
Flathead (Platycephalus grandispinis)
Platycephalidae
Flathead (Inegocia japonica)
Platycephalidae
Deepwater flathead
Platycephalus conatus
Platycephalidae
All species from A to Z
Banka flathead
Cymbacephalus bosschei
Platycephalidae
Bartail flathead (Platycephalus endrachtensis)
Platycephalidae
Bartail flathead (Platycephalus indicus)
Platycephalidae
Bass flathead
Platycephalus bassensis
Platycephalidae
Big-eyed flathead
Suggrundus meerdervoortii
Platycephalidae
Black flathead (Platycephalus fuscus)
Platycephalidae
Black flathead (Platycephalus laevigatus)
Platycephalidae
Bluespot flathead
Platycephalus speculator
Platycephalidae
Bluespotted flathead
Platycephalus caeruleopunctatus
Platycephalidae
Broadhead flathead
Sunagocia arenicola
Platycephalidae
Celebes flathead
Thysanophrys celebica
Platycephalidae
Crocodile flathead (Cociella crocodilus)
Platycephalidae
Crocodile flathead (Cymbacephalus beauforti)
Platycephalidae
Deep sea flathead
Platycephalus richardsoni
Platycephalidae
Deepwater flathead
Platycephalus conatus
Platycephalidae
Devil flathead
Onigocia spinosa
Platycephalidae
Dwarf flathead
Elates ransonnettii
Platycephalidae
Flathead (Cymbacephalus nematophthalmus)
Platycephalidae
Flathead (Cociella punctata)
Platycephalidae
Flathead (Platycephalus grandispinis)
Platycephalidae
Flathead (Inegocia japonica)
Platycephalidae
Flathead (Platycephalus marmoratus)
Platycephalidae
Flathead (Grammoplites scaber)
Platycephalidae
Flatheads
Sunagocia otaitensis
Platycephalidae
Gruvel's splitfin
Solitas gruveli
Platycephalidae
Halftooth flathead
Sorsogona prionota
Platycephalidae
Heemstra's flathead
Cociella heemstrai
Platycephalidae
Hutchins' flathead
Cociella hutchinsi
Platycephalidae
Indian Ocean crocodilefish
Papilloculiceps longiceps
Platycephalidae
Largespine flathead
Suggrundus macracanthus
Platycephalidae
Longhead flathead
Leviprora inops
Platycephalidae
Longsnout flathead
Thysanophrys chiltonae
Platycephalidae
Mongrel tiger flathead
Platycephalus aurimaculatus
Platycephalidae
Mud flathead
Ambiserrula jugosa
Platycephalidae
Notched flathead
Onigocia macrolepis
Platycephalidae
Olive-tailed flathead
Rogadius asper
Platycephalidae
Patricia's flathead
Rogadius patriciae
Platycephalidae
Regan's flathead
Grammoplites suppositus
Platycephalidae
Rosy flathead
Sunagocia carbunculus
Platycephalidae
Sawtooth flathead
Rogadius pristiger
Platycephalidae
Serrate flathead
Rogadius serratus
Platycephalidae
Smallscale flathead
Onigocia oligolepis
Platycephalidae
Somali flathead
Cociella somaliensis
Platycephalidae
Spiny flathead
Kumococius rodericensis
Platycephalidae
Spotfin flathead
Onigocia pedimacula
Platycephalidae
Tuberculated flathead
Sorsogona tuberculata
Platycephalidae