Bembridae

Deep-water flatheads
	Bembradium roseum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scorpaeniformes
Family:	Bembridae; Kaup, 1873
Genera[1]
	Bembradium; Bembras; Brachybembras

The deep-water flatheads are a family, the Bembridae, of bottom-dwelling fish. They are thought to be more primitive than their close relatives, the true flatheads. Despite the common name, their heads are only slightly flattened and have spiny ridges.[2] The deep-water flatheads are mainly located in the South China Sea, the Gulf of Aden, and the waters near Southern Indonesia and Australia.[3]

References

Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). "Bembridae" in FishBase. December 2012 version.
Eschmeyer, William N. (1998). Paxton, J.R.; Eschmeyer, W.N. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-12-547665-2.
Imamura, Hisashi; Knapp, Leslie W. (1997). "A new species of deepwater flathead, Bembras adenensis (Scorpaeniformes: Bembridae) from the western Indian Ocean". Ichthyological Research. 44 (1): 9. doi:10.1007/bf02672753. ISSN 1341-8998.

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[1] Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). "Bembridae" in FishBase. December 2012 version.

[EoF-2] Eschmeyer, William N. (1998). Paxton, J.R.; Eschmeyer, W.N. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-12-547665-2.

[3] Imamura, Hisashi; Knapp, Leslie W. (1997). "A new species of deepwater flathead, Bembras adenensis (Scorpaeniformes: Bembridae) from the western Indian Ocean". Ichthyological Research. 44 (1): 9. doi:10.1007/bf02672753. ISSN 1341-8998.