Bartail flathead (Platycephalus indicus) is a saltwater, brackish species recorded in Taiwan, Singapore. It is mainly found over sand, mud, estuary, at depths of 20–200 m. The main season in Taiwan, Singapore runs summer, autumn.
Scientific name: Platycephalus indicus · Water: Saltwater, Brackish · Season: Summer, Autumn
Size: up to 100 cm
The bartail flathead, 牛尾魚 in Taiwan, is a flat-headed, elongated platycephalid of sandy-muddy coastal grounds. Its range is the Indo-West Pacific, from the Red Sea and East Africa to the Philippines, north to southern Japan and Korea and south to northern Australia, and it has been introduced into the eastern Mediterranean. It lies in wait on the bottom and shows up to both surf and boat anglers.
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