Fish Identification

Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei
Family: Platycephalidae Flatheads
Genus: Ratabulus

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5 species

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Photo by Dijkstra, K.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 39.1 cm SL
Ratabulus diversidens (McCulloch, 1914)
Photo by Dijkstra, K.
 
Ratabulus diversidens
[Freespine flathead]
No picture found

Max. Length 26.6 cm SL
 
Ratabulus fulviguttatus
[Orange-freckled flathead]
Photo by Cornish, A.

North Western Pacific
Max. Length 35 cm TL
Ratabulus megacephalus (Tanaka, 1917)
Photo by Cornish, A.
 
Ratabulus megacephalus
Photo by Randall, J.E.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 22 cm TL
Ratabulus prionotus (Sauvage, 1873)
Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Ratabulus prionotus
[Halfspined flathead]
No picture found

Max. Length 32.8 cm SL
 
Ratabulus ventralis


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Ratabulus diversidens Freespine flathead Indo-West Pacific 39.1 SL 1914
Ratabulus fulviguttatus Orange-freckled flathead Eastern Indian Ocean to W 26.6 SL 2010
Ratabulus megacephalus North Western Pacific 35 TL 1917
Ratabulus prionotus Halfspined flathead Western Indian Ocean 22 TL 1873
Ratabulus ventralis Western Pacific 32.8 SL 2010



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