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Southern Bluespotted Flathead

Platycephalus speculator

Seabook: Southern Bluespotted Flathead

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30 m

Description

Platycephalus speculator is a common species of flathead. This species is endemic to southern Australia. Taxonomy Platycephalus speculator was first formally described in 1872 by the German zoologist Carl Benjamin Klunzinger with its type locality given as Hobson's Bay in Victoria. The specific name speculator mea... Read more in Seabook

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Colors

white
brown
grey
yellow

Social Behaviour

Group

Solitary

Poisonous

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Danger to human

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Venomous

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