Other identification tools | FishBase

Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Platycephalidae Flatheads

Genus: Ratabulus

(See list of species below)


Select Class:     Select Order:   
Select Family: Subfamily:     Select Genus:
Select Ocean (marine/brackish) or Continent (freshwater):
                                                          Specify a country:
Total number of spines in dorsal and anal fins (optional)

4 species (see list below)

1 of 1 Jump to:

Photo by Dijkstra, K.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 39.1 cm SL
Ratabulus diversidens (McCulloch, 1914)

Photo by Dijkstra, K.
 
Ratabulus diversidens
[Freespine flathead]
No picture found
Eastern Indian Ocean to W
Max. Length 26.6 cm SL
 
Ratabulus fulviguttatus
[Orange-freckled flathead]

Photo by Cornish, A.

North Western Pacific
Max. Length 35 cm TL
Ratabulus megacephalus (Tanaka, 1917)

Photo by Cornish, A.
 
Ratabulus megacephalus
[]
No picture found
Western Pacific
Max. Length 32.8 cm SL
 
Ratabulus ventralis
[]
4 Species of Family Platycephalidae with Genus Ratabulus
(Flatheads)
Sort by: Species Length Year
1 of 1 Jump to:
Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1914 Ratabulus diversidens Freespine flathead Indo-West Pacific 39.1 SL
2010 Ratabulus fulviguttatus Orange-freckled flathead Eastern Indian Ocean to W 26.6 SL
1917 Ratabulus megacephalus North Western Pacific 35 TL
2010 Ratabulus ventralis Western Pacific 32.8 SL



Other identification tools in FishBase


Quick Identification
Identification keys
Identification by morphometrics
Identification by pictures:
          If you already know the Family, go to Search FishBase, select Family and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the family.

          If you already know the Country, go to Search FishBase, select Country and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the country.

          If you already know the Ecosystem, go to Search FishBase, select Ecosystem and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the ecosystem.
cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013