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Pseudaphritidae
Congolli
Pseudaphritis urvillii
Pseudaphritid Fish beneath Australian Waters
The congoli (Pseudaphritis urvillii), also known as the freshwater flathead, marble fish, marbled flathead, sand trout, sanding, sandy, sandy whiting or tupong, is a species of marine ray-finned fish. It is the only species of fish in the monotypic family Pseudaphritidae and the genus Pseudaphritis. It was initially classified as a member of the family Bovichtidae.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Perches and Allies
- Family
- Pseudaphritidae
- Genus
- Pseudaphritis
- Maximum length
- 36 cm
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Oceania: southeast Australia, including Tasmania.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

