Platycephalus fuscus

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lexID:

12371 

AphiaID:

274658 

Scientific:

Platycephalus fuscus 

German:

Flachkopf, Krokodilfisch 

English:

Dusky Flathead, Black Flathead, Dusky, Estuary Flathead, Flattie, Frog, Lizard, Mud Flathead, River Flathead 

Category:

Poissons-Crocodiles 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Platycephalidae (Family) > Platycephalus (Genus) > fuscus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Cuvier, 1829 

Occurrence:

Endemic species, South Australia, Eastern Indian Ocean, Tasmanien, Bass Strait, New South Wales, Tasman Sea, Mer de corail, Queensland 

Sea depth:

0 - 65 Meter 

Size:

120 cm - 150 cm 

Weight:

15 kg 

Temperature:

17°C - 29°C 

Food:

Zoobenthos, Predatory, Carnivore, arénicole, crabes, crevettes, crustacés, homard, krill, langoustes, moules, mysis, poissons (petits poissons), seiche, tourteaux 

Difficulty:

Pas pour l'aquarium! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Platycephalus aurimaculatus
• Platycephalus bassensis
• Platycephalus caeruleopunctatus
• Platycephalus chauliodous
• Platycephalus conatus
• Platycephalus cultellatus
• Platycephalus endrachtensis
• 
  Platycephalus fuscus
  Flachkopf, Krokodilfisch
• Platycephalus grandispinis
• 
  Platycephalus indicus
  Krokodilfisch
• Platycephalus laevigatus
• Platycephalus marmoratus
• Platycephalus micracanthus
• Platycephalus orbitalis
• Platycephalus richardsoni
• Platycephalus speculator
• Platycephalus westraliae
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Platycephalus longispinis
  Dorniger Plattkopf

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2019-08-31 15:25:33 

Last edit:

2019-09-02 14:12:06 

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