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Bony fish

Tuberculated Flathead

Ratabulus tuberculatus

Also known as: Crocodilefish, Heart-headed Flathead, Tuberculate Flathead, Sorsogona tuberculata

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2018
Adult
@neanderthal · in my own bungalow, Thailand · February 20141 / 1
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Overview

Found singly, sometimes buried into vegetated sand bottoms, over mud and sandy bottoms, of the continental shelf.

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.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Fins & Tail
fin stripes

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-West Pacific
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Found singly, sometimes buried into vegetated sand bottoms, over mud and sandy bottoms, of the continental shelf.

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Adult photos 1

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderPerciformes
    5. familyPlatycephalidae
    6. genusRatabulus
    7. speciesRatabulus tuberculatus (Cuvier, 1829)

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    More in the family

    Flatheads (Platycephalidae)