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Onigocia spinosa Midget Flathead, Largescaled Spiny Flathead, Spiny Flathead

Onigocia spinosa is commonly referred to as Midget Flathead, Largescaled Spiny Flathead, Spiny Flathead. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Midget Flathead - Onigocia spinosa, Indonesia 2019


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lexID:
9557 
AphiaID:
278479 
Scientific:
Onigocia spinosa 
German:
Plattkopf 
English:
Midget Flathead, Largescaled Spiny Flathead, Spiny Flathead 
Category:
Crocodilfishes 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Platycephalidae (Family) > Onigocia (Genus) > spinosa (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Temminck & Schlegel, ), 1843 
Occurrence:
Arafura Sea, Australia, China, Corea, Indonesia, Japan, Komodo (Komodo Island), Lembeh Strait, Malaysia, New Caledonia, Northern Territory (Australia), Paracel-Islands, Philippines, Raja Amat, South China Sea, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Timor, Vietnam, Western Australia 
Sea depth:
8 - 250 Meter 
Size:
3.94" - 9.84" (10cm - 25cm) 
Temperature:
17,6 °F - 26,7 °F (17,6°C - 26,7°C) 
Food:
Fish (little fishes), Sepia, Worms, Zoobenthos 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-04-01 23:31:55 

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(Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)

A very small species with a broad, flat head armed with many small spines and large pelvic fins. Back and sides with several irregular bars with darker edges. Pelvic fins dark brown with yellowish tips, pectoral fins peppered with fine spots.
Source: Fishes of Australia

Synonyms:
Insidiator spinosus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)
Platycephalus spinosus Temminck & Schlegel, 1843
Thysanophrys spinosus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopteri (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Platycephaloidei (Suborder) > Platycephalidae (Family) > Onigocia (Genus) > Onigocia spinosa (Species)

External links

  1. FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Fishes of Australia (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Homepage Andrey Ryanskiy (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Commonly

A Midget Flathead, Onigocia spinosa, at Osezaki, Japan -7m. Source: Izuzuki / http://www.izuzuki.com/. License: CC BY Attribution-ShareAlike
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Copyright Andrey Ryanskiy, Foto: Lembeh, Indonesien, 05. 013
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Midget Flathead - Onigocia spinosa, Indonesia 2019
Foto: Raja Ampat, Indonesien

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