Family : Platycephalidae (Flatheads)
Order : Scorpaeniformes  (scorpionfishes and flatheads)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Japanese flathead
Fish Name : Inegocia japonica
Max size : 35.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 48635)
Environment : demersal; non-migratory ; depth range 7 - 85 m
Climate : deep-water
Global Importance : fisheries: minor commercial
Resilience: Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)Distribution : Indo-West Pacific: widespread, from Sri Lanka and India north to southern Japan; south to the Philippines; South China Sea; Gulf of Thailand; Indonesia; Papua New Guinea; the Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819); Australia from Cockburn Sound, Western Australia to Moreton Bay, Queensland. A record from Reunion is based on a single specimen (MNHN 6846, holotype of Platycephalus borboniensis) that seems to be in error (Ref. 33528).
Diagnosis : Dorsal spines (total): 9-9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-13; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 11-13. Preopercular spines usually 3, upper spine short, subequal with next; small accessory spine usually present. Suborbital ridge usually smooth except for two spines under eye. Interopercular flap present.
Biology : Found on sand and mud bottoms of the continental shelf
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator :
Main Ref : Knapp, L.W.. 1984. (Ref. 3476)

India country information
Common Names : [ No common name ]
Status : native
Salinity : marine
Uses : no uses