Poissons crocodiles

Classification
Ostéichthyen Scorpaeniforme Cottidae Dactylopteridae Platycephalidae Cociella Cymbacephalus Onigocia Papilloculiceps Platycephalus Scorpaenidae Scorpaeninae Pteroinae Synanceiidae Tetrarogidae Triglidae
80 espèces

Ostéichthyen

Scorpaeniforme

80 espèces

Références web
fishbase FAO wildsingapore	en.wiki fishesofaustralia

Références web

Description
Indo-Pacific tropical body elongate & plat moderately to strongly depressed head bouche large, lower jaw longer than upper one, mâchoire large, mandibule inférieure prognathe spines & serrations (dentelures) on head eyes directed upward 2 dorsales bien séparées, la 1^ère courte pelvic fins behind pectoral base ligne latérale complète demersal, benthiq, burrying in the bottom carnivores, chasse à l'affût (pt s'enfouir ds le sable, seuls les yeux restent visibles) hermaphrodite protandre; fécondation externe; nonguarders, larves pélagiques


Identification keys to Platycéphales

Etymologies		Source
Platycephalidae	Greek, platys = flat + Greek, kephale = head	fishbase



Cymbacephalus beauforti
fishbase / en.wiki / souslesmers / australianmuseum / doris / reeflifesurvey	Synonymes Crocodile fish	Knapp, 1973 / LC / ITIS 643952

2011 Raja Ampat ©mda (via INaturalist)	2011 Raja Ampat ©JMP (via GooglePhotos)	2011 Raja Ampat ©mda (via INaturalist)


2003 Dahab (Egypt) by Photo2222 (via Wikimedia Commons)	2010 Sabah (Borneo) by Bernard DUPONT (via Wikimedia Commons)	2016 Lembeh by Christian Gloor (via Wikimedia Commons)


2013 by Nick Hobgood (via Wikimedia Commons)	Marianes NOAA by David Burdick (via Wikimedia Commons)	2007 Dahab (Egypt) Photo2222 by alan slater (via Wikimedia Commons)


1996 Palau ©Randall, John E. (via fishbase)		2006 by Steve Childs (via Wikimedia Commons)


Mariana Is by David Burdick NOAA (via Wikimedia Commons)	2018 Lembeh (Sulawesi) by Rickard Zerpe (via Wikimedia Commons)	2006 by Steve Childs (via Wikimedia Commons)


2006 by Jenny (via Wikimedia Commons)	2019 Solomon ©Mark Rosenstein (via INaturalist)	2019 Komodo ©Robin Laws Wall (via INaturalist)
W Pacifiq	Poisson crocodile de Beaufort	tropical
Oblique scale rows slanting backward above lateral line more or less equals number of lateral-line scales; juveniles all black, gradually changing to the blotched pattern of the adult
1-12m / 35cm (jsq 50cm)	dioecism, protandre, fécondation externe, nonguarder	solitaire, benthiq, on mangrove, sand or rubble substrates of sheltered reefs
Cymbacephalus beauforti

Cymbacephalus nematophthalmus
fishbase / fishesofaustralia / wildsingapore / australianmuseum	Synonymes	Günther, 1860 / NE / ITIS 167142

2012 Bunaken (Sulawesi) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2013 E-AU ©Ian Banks (via INaturalist)	2016 Singapore ©Budak (via Encyclopedia of Life)


2018 Exmouth ©Glen Whisson (via INaturalist)	2009 Queensland (Au) ©Nigel Marsh (via Encyclopedia of Life)	2011 by Andrepiazza (via Wikimedia Commons)


2019 Exmouth (Au) © Glen Whisson (via INaturalist)	2015 NSW (Au) ©Ian Banks (via INaturalist)	2015 Philippines by Darryl Anthony Valino (via fishbase)
E-Indian & WC-Pacifiq	Fringe-eyed flathead	tropical
prominent pit present behind upper eye; Short dark streaks usually crossing rays in dorsal and caudal fins
<20m / 30-58cm / <655g	hermaphrodite protandre, openwater, fécondation externe	frequently associated with seaweed beds and mangroves
Cymbacephalus nematophthalmus

Papilloculicep longiceps
fishbase / souslesmers / doris / mayotte-photos-plongee	Synonymes Tentacled flathead	Cuvier, 1829 / LC / ITIS 643694

2011 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist)	2011 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist)	2010 Marsa Alam (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist)


2011 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhtotos)	2011 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhtotos)


2011 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2011 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)


2016 Oman ©mda (via INaturalist)	2013 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos)	2016 Oman ©mda (via INaturalist)


2016 Oman ©mda (via INaturalist)	2006 by Marek Jakubowski (via Wikimedia Commons)	2006 by Marek Jakubowski (via Wikimedia Commons)


2014 Kenya ©Dawn Goebbels (via fishbase)	2014 Kenya ©Dawn Goebbels (via fishbase)	2014 Kenya ©Dawn Goebbels (via fishbase)
W Indian & Mer Rouge	Poisson crocodile tapis	tropical
body mottled with brownish or greenish above, whitish below; caudal fin with 3-4 dark bands; other fins with large dark blotches; yeux globuleux recouverts d'une paupière dentelée afin de les dissimuler sur sa large tête aplatie
<15m / 50cm (jsq 100cm)	hermaphrodite protandre, openwater, fécondation externe	solitaire, on sand or rubble bottoms in the vicinity of coral reefs
Papilloculicep longiceps

MàJ 13/03/2023