Cymbacephalus
Cymbacephalus is a genus of flatheads native to the western Pacific Ocean.
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| Crocodile Fish (C. beauforti) | |
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| Northern Rock Flathead (C. staigeri) | |
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| Genus: | Cymbacephalus Fowler, 1938 |
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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_(6061920046).jpg) | Cymbacephalus beauforti (L. W. Knapp, 1973) | Crocodile fish | tropical waters of the center of the Indo-West Pacific |
| Cymbacephalus bosschei (Bleeker, 1860) | Small-eyed flathead | Western Central Pacific: Philippines, Borneo, Singapore, Papua New Guinea, the Arafura Sea and Western Australia to Darwin and Brisbane, Australia. | |
| Cymbacephalus nematophthalmus (Günther, 1860) | Fringe-eyed flathead | Western Central Pacific: Philippines, Borneo, Singapore, Celebes, Papua New Guinea, New Georgia and Australia from the Northwest Shelf to Brisbane. | |
| Cymbacephalus staigeri (Castelnau, 1875) | Northern rock flathead | Western Central Pacific: Christmas Island to northern Queensland, Gulf of Carpentaria, Darwin, Shark Bay, Australia and Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. | |
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References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Cymbacephalus in FishBase. December 2012 version.
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