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Taxonomic revision of the flatheads (Platycephalidae : Pisces) of India

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Title Taxonomic revision of the flatheads
(Platycephalidae : Pisces) of India
 
Creator Murty, V Sriramachandra
Manikyam, Y
 
Subject Demersal Fishes
Fish Taxonomy
 
Description The fishes of the falnily Platycephalidae are restricted (excluding one species each in the
Atlantic and Mediterranean, see Knapp, ] 98]) to the Indo-Pacific .. represented by a total or
about 70 valid species. A perusal of the literature on the taxonomy shows that excepting a
few instances (e.g. Matsubara and Ochiai, 1955; De Beaufort and Briggs, 1962; Schultz.
1966; Murty, 1982; Knapp 1973, 1987), attention has not been paid either to exalnine
adequate nlllnber of specimens or to study the i1nportant characters (e.g. the ridges on head)
that provide the basis for distinguishing genera/species in the falnily. As is \vell known, the
earlier authors, particularly the original authors, did not provide adequate descriptions of the
species in most cases. Further, several genera were erected on inadequate grounds.
Consequently, sOlne authors preferred to include all the species under a Single genus :
Platycephalus (e.g. De Beaufort and Briggs, 1962; Talwar and Kacker, 1984) while in
several instances the species were assigned to genera with uncertainty. Though the few
taxonomic studies in the recent past (Matsubara and Ochiai, 1955; De Beaufort and Briggs,
1962; Murty, 1982; Kuiter, 1994; Imamura, 1996) added considerably to the knowledge of
the family, there is still need for further research.
 
Publisher Zoological Survey of India
 
Date 2007
 
Type Book
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/10752/1/ZSI_VSR%20Murty_Flathead%20Divisions_2007.pdf
Murty, V Sriramachandra and Manikyam, Y (2007) Taxonomic revision of the flatheads (Platycephalidae : Pisces) of India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India Occasional Papers (259). Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata. ISBN 81-8171-134-3