Platycephalidae

Platycephalidae
Sunagocia otaitensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Scorpaenoidei
Family: Platycephalidae
Swainson, 1839
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The Platycephalidae are a family of marine ray-finned fish, most commonly referred to as flatheads. They ambush predators which lay on the seabed, being demersal. The family ranges throughout the Indo-Pacific.

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