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Australian Faunal Directory FishBase Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from Australian Faunal Directory    Top | See original &pull 20q v5.145 20180528: Error 301 Moved Permanently http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/caef89c4-44a5-4782-b5e8-f1aa5bda796a/ Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Platycephalus&speciesname=fuscus ---> http://fishbase.de/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Platycephalus&speciesname=fuscus http://fishbase.de/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Platycephalus&speciesname=fuscus ---> https://fishbase.de/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Platycephalus&speciesname=fuscus https://fishbase.de/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Platycephalus&speciesname=fuscus ---> http://fishbase.de/summary/Platycephalus-fuscus.html http://fishbase.de/summary/Platycephalus-fuscus.html ---> https://fishbase.de/summary/Platycephalus-fuscus.html You can sponsor this page Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua) About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments &   Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload   references Fish Watcher Related species Species in    Platycephalus Species in    Platycephalidae - Classification - Platycephalidae Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei Teleostei Chordata Animalia Platycephalus fuscus Cuvier , 1829 Dusky flathead Add your observation in Fish Watcher Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed. Platycephalus fuscus   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS Upload your photos  and  videos Pictures | Videos | Google image Platycephalus fuscus Picture by Banks, I. 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: Cuvier . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range 0 - 30 m (Ref. 6390 ). Subtropical; 17°S - 38°S Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Western Pacific: endemic to Australia. Present along the east coast between approximately Cairns, Queensland (Ref.27242) and Gippsland lakes in eastern Victoria. Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m 50.2   range ? - ? cm Max length : 120 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 27112 ); max. published weight: 15.0 kg (Ref. 27248 ) Short description Morphology | Morphometrics Dorsal spines (total): 8 - 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13-14; Anal spines : 0; Anal soft rays : 13 - 14; Vertebrae : 27 Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Generally inhabit shallow bays and inlets and can be found in estuaries as far as tidal limits (Ref. 27246 ); they often invade freshwater. They occur over mud, silt gravel, sand and seagrass (mainly Zostera species) beds from intertidal areas to depths of 10 m in Queensland and to 30 m in southern New South Wales. Eggs and larvae are dispersed along the coast by tidal and current movements (Ref. 27112 ). Small juveniles less than 12 cm TL first appear in coastal bays 1-2 months after spawning. They mainly inhabit shallow mangrove and mud flats and seagrass beds (Ref. 27246 , 27245 ). They are usually solitary but may form loose aggregations (Ref. 2165 , 27247 ). Feed on small fish, crabs, prawns, small crustaceans. octopus, squid and polychaete worms. They have spines on the outer edges of their head which can inflict nasty cuts during handling (pers. comm., Bernard Moss, 2001). Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae There is conflicting information (Ref. 27246 , 27245 , 27247 ) on whether dusky flahead are protandrous sex reversers or not. Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators 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   Harmless Human uses Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance BRUVS References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Electrophoreses Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. 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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00794 (0.00400 - 0.01577), b=3.08 (2.90 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  4.1   ±0.52 se; based on food items. Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.22; tm=2). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  High to very high vulnerability (72 of 100). Price category (Ref. 80766 ):   High . Nutrients (Ref. 124155 ):  Calcium = 132 [8, 523] mg/100g; Iron = 2.27 [0.58, 6.12] mg/100g; Protein = 19.2 [16.9, 21.6] %; Omega3 = 0.481 [0.216, 1.350] g/100g; Selenium = 54.4 [13.6, 213.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 4.35 [1.42, 12.68] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.72 [0.34, 1.57] mg/100g (wet weight); Comments & Corrections Back to Search Random Species Back to Top Accessed through: Not available FishBase mirror site : localhost Page last modified by : mrius-barile - 20 July 2016 Fatal error : Uncaught ArgumentCountError: Too few arguments to function checkEcotox(), 1 passed in /var/www/html/summary/SpeciesSummary.php on line 2304 and exactly 3 expected in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php:2580 Stack trace: #0 /var/www/html/summary/SpeciesSummary.php(2304): checkEcotox() #1 {main} thrown in /var/www/html/includes/speciessummary.lib.php on line 2580 Updated: 2024-04-24 01:36:59 gmt FishBase | Search | All Living Things | Top © Designed by The Polistes Corporation