Scientific Name
Rogadius asper

Common Name
Olive-tailed flathead

Biology
Found on sand or mud bottoms of the continental shelf at a depth range of 15-95 m (Ref. 3476).

Classification

Classified By

Cuvier, 1829

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Scorpionfishes and Flatheads (Scorpaeniformes)

Family

Flatheads (Platycephalidae)

Distribution

Region

Indo-West Pacific

Distribution

Indo-West Pacific: Broome (Australia), the Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819) and northwards. Also known from southern Japan (Ref. 559), Papua New Guinea (Ref. 6192), Philippines and Taiwan (Ref. 7087) and India (Ref. 45255).

Range

Unknown

Environment

Climate

Tropical

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

15 m

Depth To - meters

95 m

Zone

demersal

Environment

Marine; demersal; amphidromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 15 - 95 m (Ref. 3476)

Trophic Level

3.64 s.e. 0.60 Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

False

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

17.0 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.5156 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Fisheries: minor commercial

Vulnerability

Low vulnerability (19 of 100)

Resilience

High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Not Evaluated