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Platycephalidae (Flatheads)
Etymology: Solitas: Latin, solitus = someone that uses to do somenthing.
Eponymy: Jean Abel Gruvel (1870–1941) was a French marine biologist and ichthyologist, who was the first Director of the Institute of Oceanography, Aquarium and Maritime Museum of Natural History at Dinard, France (1935). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Pellegrin.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 20 - 200 m (Ref. 2683). Tropical; 20°N - 10°S
Eastern Atlantic: Mauritania to Angola.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7359); common length : 18.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2683)
Occurs in shallow coastal waters. Feeds on crustaceans and probably small fishes (Ref. 3658). Oviparous (Ref. 7359).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Knapp, L.W., 1990. Platycephalidae. p. 686. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 7359)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: minor commercial
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