Harris's flathead
📖 Overview
Taken over sand and mud bottoms by trawling at depths from 8-64 m. Young and juveniles frequently found in Darwin Harbor .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Anal soft rays: 11. Preopercular spines usually 3, upper spine short, subequal with next; accessory spine absent. Suborbital ridge usually with 2 spines under eye and several more spines behind eye. Interopercular flap absent.: elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Harris's flathead is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; demersal; depth range 8 - 64 m . Tropical West Pacific: Northern Australia from Northwest Shelf, Napier Broome Bay, Darwin, to the Gulf of Carpentaria and Pine Peak, Queensland; the Arafura Sea (Ref.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
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