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Gobi

Platycephalus indicus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordedbony fish

The gobi (Platycephalus indicus) is a species in the family Platycephalidae, order Perciformes.

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Quick facts about the gobi

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 gobi live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the gobi as introduced in 4 countries.

  1. Egypt
  2. Israel
  3. Lebanon
  4. Syria

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the gobi 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 gobi classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderPerciformes
  5. familyPlatycephalidae
  6. genusPlatycephalus
  7. SpeciesPlatycephalus indicus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Callionymus indicus, Cottus insidiator, Cottus madagascariensis, Platycephalus insidiator

Other names and names in other languages (60)
  • Bar-tailed flatheadEnglish
  • Bartail flatheadEnglish
  • Bartailed flatheadEnglish
  • FlatheadEnglish
  • Indian flatheadEnglish
  • Indo-Pacific flatheadEnglish
  • SandfishEnglish
  • Vlei stockfishEnglish
  • VleistokvisAfrikaans
  • OharaArabic
  • zploštělec indickýCzech
  • Indisk fladhovedulkDanish
  • PlatykefalopsaroGreek
  • Chato IndicoSpanish
  • pyrstölättäsimppuFinnish
  • Platycéphale IndienFrench
  • תנינון הודיHebrew
  • KochiJapanese
  • 양태Korean
  • BebajiMalay
  • Indische platkopvisDutch
  • Plaskoglów indyjskiPolish
  • ThendePortuguese
  • Индийский плоскоголовRussian
  • HangkhwaiThai
  • Irrwaroot
  • cá chaiVietnamese
  • 牛尾Chinese
  • Balkstert platkopAfrikaans
  • مسطح الرأس شريطي الذيلArabic
  • WaharArabic
  • שטח-ראש הודיHebrew
  • Yoshino-gochiJapanese
  • HlekendePortuguese
  • NyatshendzePortuguese
  • Peixe-crocodilo-de-praiaPortuguese
  • Sapateiro do IndicoPortuguese
  • TchiquitchaPortuguese
  • Indiyskiy ploskogolovRussian
  • ปลาหางควายหางแถบThai
  • ปลาหางควายอันดามันThai
  • Ikan anjingroot
  • Itangroot
  • Mbiliwiliroot
  • Menchroot
  • Mur baillaroot
  • Oolpathyroot
  • Orathalroot
  • Songwaroot
  • Sunogroot
  • Tixsi gaadroot
  • Ulupathiroot
  • Vumbauaroot
  • Yang-t'aeroot
  • Zaminkan-e-dom-navariroot
  • 印度牛尾魚Chinese
  • 印度鯒Chinese
  • 狗祈仔Chinese
  • 竹甲Chinese
  • 鯒(印度鯒)Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the gobi

Other species in the same genus Platycephalus.

Flattie

Platycephalus fuscus

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

CompareGobi vs FlattieGobi vs SandyGobi vs King flatheadGobi vs Yank

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the gobi an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the gobi as introduced in 4 countries: Egypt, Israel, Lebanon and Syria, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the gobi?

The gobi (Platycephalus indicus) belongs to the family Platycephalidae in the order Perciformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Gobi (Platycephalus indicus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/gobi

MLA

“Gobi (Platycephalus indicus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/gobi.

BibTeX
@misc{gobi_2026,
  title = {Gobi (Platycephalus indicus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/gobi},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}