Bar-tailed Flathead
Platycephalus indicus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: DD - Data Deficient - not enough data to assess extinction risk
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Platycephalidae
- Genus
- Platycephalus
Where to Find
Found in 26 diving areas across 15 countries and 5 regions.
- Victoria, Australia - 2 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 1 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 1 records
- Jeju Island, South Korea - 6 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 8 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 2 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 6 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 1 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 20 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 7 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 4 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 1 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 3 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 1 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 2 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 3 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 4 records
- Tioman Island, Malaysia - 1 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 5 records
- Siargao, Philippines - 2 records
- Subic Bay, Philippines - 12 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 8 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 8 records