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A flathead is one of a number of small to medium fish species with notably flat heads, distributed in membership across various genera of the family Platycephalidae. Many species are found in estuaries and the open ocean in the Indo-Pacific , especially most parts of Australia where they are popular sport and table fish .
Flathead Lake (Salish: člq̓etkʷ, Kutenai: yawuʔnik̓ ʔa·kuq̓nuk) [3] is a large natural lake in northwest Montana, United States. The lake is a remnant of the ancient, massive glacial dammed lake, Lake Missoula, of the era of the last interglacial. [4] Flathead Lake is a natural lake along the mainline of the Flathead River.
Dusky flathead, Platycephalus fuscus Dusky flathead are the largest of the many species of flathead found in Australia, and the most commonly caught. Dusky flathead have very rarely been caught at sizes up to 12–15 kg and lengths up to 1.3 metres, but average size is 0.5–1.5 kg and 40–50 cm. [4] Typically a fish of estuaries and estuarine lakes, dusky flathead are rarely found in other ...
Lakes, rivers, streams – escaped from a fish farm during a high water event INVASIVE Hornyhead chub: Nocomis biguttatus: Clear streams with permanent flow and clean gravel Golden shiner: Notemigonus crysoleucas: Sloughs, ponds, lakes, quiet pools of streams Fathead minnow: Pimephales promelas: Mid water or near bottom, streams, pools Flathead ...
Platycephalidae has the following 17 genera (including about 86 species) classified within it: [2] Ambiserrula Imamura, 1996 (monotypic) Cociella Whitley, 1940 (6 species) Cymbacephalus Fowler, 1938 (4 species) Elates D. S. Jordan & Seale, 1907 (monospecific) Grammoplites Fowler, 1904 (4 species) Inegocia D. S. Jordan & W. F.Thompson, 1913 (3 ...
A massive flathead catfish was caught in southeastern Oklahoma, breaking the record for that lake. Bradly Courtright caught the 95-pound catfish in Pine Creek Reservoir, a lake northwest of Broken ...
Platycephalus flatheads are found in the Indo-West Pacific region, mostly around Australia where 16 of the 19 species in the genus are found. [8] One species, the bartail flathead ( P. indicus ), has entered the eastern Mediterranean Sea from the Red Sea through the Suez Canal as a Lessepsian migrant .
Asterisks denote introduced fishes. 108 species and subspecies are listed, 33 of them introduced. The list includes several anadromous species, and seven normally marine species–starry flounder, staghorn sculpin, saddleback gunnel, Pacific herring, topsmelt, surf smelt, and shiner perch–that are occasionally found in fresh water.