Platycephaloidei
Platycephaloidei | |
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Bartail flathead (Platycephalus indicus) | |
Piper gurnard (Trigla lyra) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Suborder: | Platycephaloidei Matsubara, 1943 |
Families | |
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Platycephaloidei is a
Taxonomy
Platycephaloidei was first recognised and named as a taxonomic grouping in 1943 by the Japanese
Families and subfamilies
The following families and subfamilies are classified within the suborder Platycephaloidei:[2][5]
- Triglidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Gurnards and sea robins)
- Prionotinae Kaup, 1873
- Pterygotriglinae Fowler, 1938
- Triglinae Rafinesque, 1815
- Peristediidae Jordan & Gilbert, 1883 (Armoured searobins)
- Bembridae Kaup, 1873 (Deepwater flatheads)
- Platycephalidae Swainson, 1839 (Flatheads)
- HoplichthyidaeKaup, 1873 (Ghost flatheads)
Characteristics
Platycephaloidei fishes are characterised by having elongate bodies with flattened heads which typically have ridges and spines. There are two separate
Distribution and habitat
Platycephaloidei fishes, in the sense of the alternative classification to that of Fishes of the World outlined under Taxonomy are not found in the New World and are found in the temperate and tropical waters where they are demersal fishes found from relatively shallow inshore waters to moderate depths of around 1,500 m (4,900 ft) in offshore waters. The Trigloidei are more widely distributed and are also demersal fishes occurring on the continental shelf on sand or mud substrates.[6]
Fisheries
Platycephaloidei fishes are utilised by fisheries, some species of sea robins are of commercial importance and some flatheads are important food fishes, particularly in Australia.[6]
References
- .
- ^ ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
- PMID 28683774.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (7 December 2021). "Order Perciformes (Part 11): Suborder Platycephaloidei: Families Bembridae, Parabembridae, Platycephalidae, Hoplichthyidae and Plectrogeniidae". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- PMID 25543675.
- ^ ISBN 0-12-547665-5.