FB-7897 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7897 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei Platycephalidae Ratabulus Ratabulus prionotus (Sauvage, 1873) Sapateiro espinhoso Halfstekel-platkop Blackblotch flathead Halfspined flathead Petit poisson-crocodile 鋸背倒棘鯒 鋸背眶棘鯒 锯背倒棘鲬 锯背眶棘鲬 Platycephalus heterolepis Barnard, 1927 Platycephalus prionotus Sauvage, 1873 Platycephalus sp. (non Sauvage, 1873) Platycephalus subfasciatus Günther, 1887 Platycephalus townsendi Regan, 1905 Platycephalus tuberculatus (non Cuvier, 1829) Rogadius prionotus (Sauvage, 1873) Sorsogona prionota (Sauvage, 1873) 1993-04-21 2025-04-04 Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) Smith, J.L.B.0 The sea fishes of southern Africa. 4th ed. Central News Agency, Ltd., Johannesburg. 580 p. (Ref. 710) Knapp, L.W.0 Platycephalidae. p. 482-486. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. 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McGlinn and …0 FishShapes v1: Functionally relevant measurements of teleost shape and size on three dimensions. Ecology 103(e3829):1-2. (Ref. 137577) FB-pic-7897-16137 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/gif FAO 1997-12-26 1999-07-01 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7897 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Ropri_u1.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Ropri_u1.gif FB-pic-7897-20687 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1999-05-17 2000-10-16 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7897 North Beach; seine; dorsal view; 11-12 Nov. 1986 Locality: Eilat, Red Sea, Israel. http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Ropri_u1.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Ropri_u1.jpg Locality: Eilat, Red Sea, Israel. FB-pic-7897-20688 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1999-05-17 2010-07-21 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7897 Red Sea Locality: Nuweiba, Sinai, Egypt. http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Ropri_u2.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Ropri_u2.jpg Locality: Nuweiba, Sinai, Egypt. FB-GeneralDescr-7897 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1993-04-21 00:00:00 2025-04-04 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7897 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Benthic on sand and mud (Ref. 68964). Knapp, L.W. 1986 Platycephalidae. p. 482-486. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4315) FB-DiagnosticDescr-7897 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1997-01-10 00:00:00 2006-04-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7897 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Brownish in color, with 4-5 bands crossing back; spiny dorsal dusky brown, other fins dark spotted; under opercle flap dark purple with light lines (Ref. 4315). Knapp, L.W. 1986 Platycephalidae. p. 482-486. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4315) FB-Morphology-7897 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Cristina V. Garilao 1997-01-10 00:00:00 2006-04-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7897 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 12 - 13 Knapp, L.W. 1986 Platycephalidae. p. 482-486. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4315) FB-Distribution-7897 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1993-04-21 00:00:00 2025-11-06 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7897 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea to Delagoa Bay to Karachi. Lessepsian migrant to Mediterranean Sea. Knapp, L.W. and P.C. Heemstra 2011 <i>Sorsogona humerosa</i>, a new flathead fish (Scorpaeniformes: Platycephalidae) from the western Indian Ocean. Smithiana Bulletin 13:75-78. (Ref. 86965) FB-TrophicStrategy-7897 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Rubyann Robelle Polido 2016-12-16 00:00:00 2016-12-16 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public prionotus http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Generalist, ambush predator. Puckridge, M. 2013 Evolutionary tales of maskrays (<i>Neotrygon</i>, Dasyatidae), flatheads (Platycephalidae, Scorpaeniformes) and tuskfishes (<i>Choerodon</i>, Labridae). University of Tasmania. (Ref. 113690) FB-Size-7897 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1993-04-21 00:00:00 2025-04-04 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7897 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses 22.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 4315)) Knapp, L.W. 1986 Platycephalidae. p. 482-486. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4315) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-7897 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1993-04-21 00:00:00 2025-04-04 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=7897 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size demersal; marine; depth range 1 - 100 m (Ref. 26165) Weitkamp, D.E. and R.D. Sullivan 2003 Gas bubble disease in resident fish of the lower Clark Fork River. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 132(5):865-876. (Ref. 26165)