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Flattie

Platycephalus fuscus Cuvier, 1829

Status not recordedbony fish

The flattie (Platycephalus fuscus) is a species in the family Platycephalidae, order Perciformes.

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Quick facts about the flattie

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the flattie live?

Not recorded

Is the flattie endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the flattie classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderPerciformes
  5. familyPlatycephalidae
  6. genusPlatycephalus
  7. SpeciesPlatycephalus fuscus Cuvier, 1829

Synonyms Planiprora cinerea, Planiprora fusca, Platycephalus cinereus, Platycephalus mortoni

Other names and names in other languages (10)
  • Black flatheadEnglish
  • Dusky flatheadEnglish
  • Estuary flatheadEnglish
  • Mud flatheadEnglish
  • River flatheadEnglish
  • zploštělec tmavýCzech
  • Pez Cocodrilo LúgubreSpanish
  • Pesce coccodrillo scuroItalian
  • Peixe-crocodilo-escuroPortuguese
  • 宽头鲬Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the flattie

Other species in the same genus Platycephalus.

Gobi

Platycephalus indicus

PlatycephalidaeNo free photo yet

Sandy

Platycephalus bassensis

PlatycephalidaeNo free photo yet

King flathead

Platycephalus laevigatus

PlatycephalidaeNo free photo yet

Yank

Platycephalus caeruleopunctatus

PlatycephalidaeNo free photo yet

Sand flathead

Platycephalus endrachtensis

PlatycephalidaeNo free photo yet

King flathead

Platycephalus speculator

PlatycephalidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the flattie?

The flattie (Platycephalus fuscus) belongs to the family Platycephalidae in the order Perciformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Flattie (Platycephalus fuscus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/flattie

MLA

“Flattie (Platycephalus fuscus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/flattie.

BibTeX
@misc{flattie_2026,
  title = {Flattie (Platycephalus fuscus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/flattie},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}