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Philippines, north to Japan and south to Papua New Guinea. It was previously thought to occur in northern Australia but this population has now been recognised as a separate species
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332:given as "Asia". In 1795 the German
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524:feeding on fishes and crustaceans.
438:likely refers to the Indian Ocean.
413:, the Australian bartail flathead (
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622:World Register of Marine Species
491:The bartail flathead has a wide
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745:Collected from Beihai, China"
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520:The bartail flat head is an
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487:Distribution and habitat
981:Family Platycephalidae"
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924:Michel Bariche (2012).
870:Platycephalus australis
322:in the 10th edition of
238:Cottus madagascariensis
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366:Barton Warren Evermann
351:in India creating the
345:Platycephalus spathula
216:Platycephalus spathula
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806:J. C. Hureau (ed.).
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341:Marcus Elieser Bloch
876:Fishes of Australia
368:designated Bloch's
316:Callionymus indicus
249:Callionymus indicus
47:Conservation status
1246:Fish of Bangladesh
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442:Description
382:P. spathula
370:P. spathula
314:in 1758 as
1230:Categories
548:References
538:seine nets
506:Suez Canal
482:Caudal fin
469:caudal fin
461:dorsal fin
421:P. indicus
406:sensu lato
390:C. Indicus
360:. In 1917
349:Tranquebar
343:described
338:naturalist
534:handlines
528:Fisheries
427:Etymology
334:physician
328:with the
312:described
162:Species:
100:Kingdom:
94:Eukaryota
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1091:FishBase
1028:Q1020669
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852:FishBase
627:15 April
465:anal fin
457:palatine
306:Taxonomy
244:, 1801
242:Lacépède
233:, 1775
231:Forsskål
222:, 1795
207:Synonyms
194:Linnaeus
140:Family:
114:Chordata
110:Phylum:
104:Animalia
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67:IUCN 3.1
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516:Biology
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372:as the
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283:, is a
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