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Platycephalidae
Longsnout flathead
Thysanophrys chiltonae
Platycephalid Fish of Indo Pacific
Longsnout flathead is known around Indo-Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the largest recorded length is 25 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Perches and Allies
- Family
- Platycephalidae
- Genus
- Thysanophrys
- Maximum length
- 25 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Indo-Pacific: common and wide-ranging, from the Western Indian Ocean to Japan and Pacific Ocean islands to as far as the Marquesas.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

