Fringe-eyed flathead

The Fringe-eyed flathead lives in the demersal, non-migratory, brackish, marine environment.

fringe-eyed flathead being caught around the Gold Coast but had never come across one in JB before. The weirdo flattie was darker and fatter than a normal lizard and also boasted strange little feathery fringes over its eyes. More

Fringe-eyed flatheads on Singapore shores - Pulau Sekudu, Jul 04 - More

The Fringe-eyed flathead has a fringe over the eyes. - Family Platycephalidae recorded for Singapore from Wee Y.C. and Peter K. L. Ng. 1994. A First Look at Biodiversity in Singapore. More

Common names

Flathead in English
Fringe-eye flathead in English
fringe-eyed flathead in English
Rock flathead in English
Sammy dong in English
孔鯒 in Mandarin Chinese
孔鲬 in Mandarin Chinese
線眼乳突鯒 in Mandarin Chinese
线眼乳突鲬 in Mandarin Chinese

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Order : Scorpaeniformes
Family : Platycephalidae
Genus : Cymbacephalus
Species : Cymbacephalus nematophthalmus
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