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Lesueurina platycephala Fowler, 1908

Flathead pygmy-stargazer
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Australia country information

Common names: Common sandfish, Flathead pygmy-stargazer, Flathead sandfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Ranges from Western Austalia to southern Queensland, including Tasmania (Ref. 9002).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kuiter, R.H., 1993
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Common names from other countries

Common sandfish, 扁头莱苏鰧, Flathead sandfish, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Acropomatiformes (Oceanic basses) > Leptoscopidae (Southern sandfishes)
Etymology: Lesueurina: From Charles Alexandre Leueur, painter that travelled with the scientific expeditons of Nicolas Baudin (1880-1804) in the ships "Géographe" and "Naturaliste" (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Fowler.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 1 m (Ref. 9002).   Subtropical

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Indo-West Pacific: southern Australia.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9002)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 32 - 36; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 36 - 37. Sandy color on dorsally; matches sand types in color and pattern (Ref. 9002).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabits turbulent sandy beach zones (Ref. 9002).

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Kuiter, R.H., 1993. Coastal fishes of south-eastern Australia. University of Hawaii Press. Honolulu, Hawaii. 437 p. (Ref. 9002)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 14.8 - 25.5, mean 18.3 (based on 350 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.0312   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm Total Length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.0   ±0.1 se; based on diet studies.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).