Bartail Flathead
Platycephalus indicus
Also known as: Bar-Tailed Flathead, Indian Flathead, Indo-Pacific Flathead
- Bar-Tailed Flathead
- Indian Flathead
- Indo-Pacific Flathead
Overview
Found singly lying on mud and sand bottoms of estuaries and coastal reefs.
Flatheads are closely related to Scorpionfish.
Their eyes are covered by a tasselled curtain which helps to disguise them from predators. The tassels expand and contract with intensity of light.
How to identify
- Pattern
- blotches
- Fins & Tail
- stripe tail
- Behaviour
- bottom dwellingsolitary
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Habitat & where to find it
- Range · Indo-West Pacific
- Country only · 5
Found singly lying on mud and sand bottoms of estuaries and coastal reefs.
Adult photos 5
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