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Platycephalus richardsoni Castelnau, 1872
TIGER FLATHEAD
Deep-sea Flathead; Deepsea Flathead; King Flathead; Spiky Flathead; Teethies; Toothy Flathead; Trawl Flathead; Platycepalus mortoni Macleay, 1883; Platycephalus grandis Castelnau, 1872; Platycephalus macrodon Ogilby, 1885

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Platycephalus richardsoni, Tiger flathead : fisheries, gamefish
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Platycephalus richardsoni Castelnau , 1872

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

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

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 10 - 400 m (Ref. 26613 ), usually ? - 200 m (Ref. 26613 ). Subtropical; 30°S - 44°S, 134°E - 154°E

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Southwest Pacific: known only from Coffs Harbor in northern New South Wales to Portland in Victoria, including Bass Strait and Tasmania.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L m   ? , range 36 - ? cm
Max length : 65.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 6390 ); max. published weight: 3.0 kg (Ref. 6390 ); max. reported age: 12 years (Ref. 27203 )

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found in inshore waters over the continental shelf. Sometimes entering coastal bays (Ref. 9563 ). Tiger flathead are not active fish and will normally rest on the sea bed during the day in areas of mud and sand substrate (Ref. 6390 ). They may migrate into the water column at night following prey species (Ref. 27197 ). Adults feed mainly on small fish such as silversides and three-spined cardinal fish (Ref. 27193 ) while juveniles feed primarily on crustaceans including krill. The young inhabit shallow waters of the continental shelf and move into the outer shelf zone as they reach maturity (Ref. 6390 ). Its fin spines are venomous and can inflict mild to severe pain (Ref. 125684 ).

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Paxton, J.R., D.F. Hoese, G.R. Allen and J.E. Hanley , 1989. Pisces. Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 7. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 665 p. (Ref. 7300 )

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )

    Not Evaluated  

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361 )

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Venomous (Ref. 125685 )





Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes FAO - Publication: search | FishSource |

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201 ): 12.6 - 18.2, mean 14.9 °C (based on 139 cells). Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 0.5000   [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 ):  3.9   ±0.62 se; based on food items. Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.17-0.38; tm=4-5; tmax=12, Fec=1.5 million). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Moderate vulnerability (39 of 100). Price category (Ref. 80766 ):   High . Nutrients (Ref. 124155 ):  Calcium = 135 [13, 597] mg/100g; Iron = 2.32 [0.62, 5.87] mg/100g; Protein = 17.7 [15.4, 20.0] %; Omega3 = 0.362 [0.169, 1.010] g/100g; Selenium = 77.5 [21.3, 272.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 12.8 [4.3, 36.7] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.698 [0.317, 1.417] mg/100g (wet weight);

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