Cociella

Cociella
Crocodile Flathead (C. crocodila)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Platycephalidae
Genus: Cociella
Whitley, 1940

Cociella is a genus of flatheads native to the Indian and Pacific oceans.

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Cociella crocodilus (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Crocodile flathead)
  • Cociella heemstrai L. W. Knapp, 1996
  • Cociella hutchinsi L. W. Knapp, 1996 (Brownmargin flathead)
  • Cociella punctata (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Spotted flathead)
  • Cociella somaliensis L. W. Knapp, 1996

References

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Cociella in FishBase. December 2012 version.


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