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Platycephalus

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Platycephalus is a genus of mostly marine, bottom-dwelling fish in the family Platycephalidae. [1]

30 relations: Allan Riverstone McCulloch, Bartail flathead, Carl Benjamin Klunzinger, Carl Linnaeus, Centropomus, Common snook, David George Stead, Edgar Ravenswood Waite, Family (biology), Fish, Francis de Laporte de Castelnau, Franz Steindachner, Genus, Georges Cuvier, Gilbert Percy Whitley, Greek language, Henri Émile Sauvage, Holocene, Jean René Constant Quoy, John Richardson (naturalist), Joseph Paul Gaimard, Marcus Elieser Bloch, Perciformes, Platycephalidae, Platycephalus caeruleopunctatus, Platycephalus fuscus, Platycephalus laevigatus, Platycephalus speculator, Ypresian, 10th edition of Systema Naturae.

Allan Riverstone McCulloch

Allan Riverstone McCulloch (20 June 1885 – 1 September 1925) was a prominent Australian ichthyologist.

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Bartail flathead

The bartail flathead (Platycephalus indicus), also called bar-tailed flathead, bartail blenny, gobi, Indian flathead, or Indo-Pacific flathead, is the type species for the fish genus Platycephalus.

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Carl Benjamin Klunzinger

Carl Benjamin Klunzinger (18 November 1834, in Güglingen – 21 June 1914, in Stuttgart) was a German physician and zoologist.

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Carl Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement as Carl von LinnéBlunt (2004), p. 171.

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Centropomus

Centropomus Lacépède, 1802, is a genus of predominantly marine fish comprising the family Centropomidae The type species is Centropomus undecimalis, the common snoo.

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Common snook

The common snook (Centropomus undecimalis) is a species of marine fish in the family Centropomidae of the order Perciformes.

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David George Stead

David George Stead (6 March 1877 – 2 August 1957) was an Australian marine biologist, ichthyologist, oceanographer, conservationist and writer.

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Edgar Ravenswood Waite

Edgar Ravenswood Waite (5 May 1866 – 19 January 1928) was a British/Australian zoologist, ichthyologist, herpetologist, and ornithologist.

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Family (biology)

In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.

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Fish

Fish are gill-bearing aquatic craniate animals that lack limbs with digits.

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Francis de Laporte de Castelnau

François Louis Nompar de Caumont La Force, comte de Castelnau (25 December 1810 – 4 February 1880) was a French naturalist, known also as François Laporte or Francis de Castelnau.

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Franz Steindachner

Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 10 December 1919 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist.

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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Georges Cuvier

Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, Baron Cuvier (23 August 1769 – 13 May 1832), known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology".

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Gilbert Percy Whitley

Gilbert Percy Whitley (9 June 1903 – 18 July 1975) was a British-born Australian ichthyologist and malacologist who was Curator of Fishes at the Australian Museum in Sydney for about 40 years.

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Greek language

Greek (Modern Greek: ελληνικά, elliniká, "Greek", ελληνική γλώσσα, ellinikí glóssa, "Greek language") is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece and other parts of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea.

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Henri Émile Sauvage

Henri Émile Sauvage (22 September 1842 in Boulogne-sur-Mer – 3 January 1917 in Boulogne-sur-Mer) was a French paleontologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist.

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Holocene

The Holocene is the current geological epoch.

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Jean René Constant Quoy

Jean René Constant Quoy (10 November 1790 in Maillé – 4 July 1869 in Rochefort) was a French naval surgeon, zoologist and anatomist.

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John Richardson (naturalist)

Sir John Richardson FRS FRSE FLS FGS MWS LLD (5 November 1787 – 5 June 1865) was a Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and arctic explorer.

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Joseph Paul Gaimard

Joseph Paul Gaimard (31 January 1793 – 10 December 1858) was a French naval surgeon and naturalist.

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Marcus Elieser Bloch

Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723–1799) was a German medical doctor and naturalist.

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Perciformes

Perciformes, also called the Percomorpha or Acanthopteri, are the most numerous order of vertebrates, containing about 41% of all bony fish.

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Platycephalidae

The Platycephalidae are a family of marine fish, most commonly referred to as flatheads.

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Platycephalus caeruleopunctatus

Platycephalus caeruleopunctatus (bluespotted flathead) is a predatory fish and a member of the family Platycephalidae.

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Platycephalus fuscus

The dusky flathead or black flathead (Platycephalus fuscus) (literally translating from Ancient Greek as "flat-head dusky") is a large predatory fish and the largest member of the family Platycephalidae.

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Platycephalus laevigatus

Platycephalus laevigatus, the black flathead or rock flathead, is a large slender flathead with a small, narrow, slightly flattened head; corner of gill cover with two spines, upper longer than lower.

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Platycephalus speculator

The southern bluespotted flathead, southern flathead or yank flathead is a common species of flathead found around the southern coast and offshore islands of Australia growing to 90 cm and inhabiting a depth of from 8 to 30 metres.

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Ypresian

In the geologic timescale the Ypresian is the oldest age or lowest stratigraphic stage of the Eocene.

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10th edition of Systema Naturae

The 10th edition of Systema Naturae is a book written by Carl Linnaeus and published in two volumes in 1758 and 1759, which marks the starting point of zoological nomenclature.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platycephalus

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