Brown-headed flat head
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Brown-headed flat head ( Cymbacephalus beauforti ) |
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The brown-headed or brown-cheeked flat head ( Cymbacephalus beauforti ) occurs in shallow sea areas, at depths of one to twelve meters, in the Philippines , Borneo , the Mentawai Islands , the Moluccas , New Guinea , New Caledonia , Palau and Yap as well as in the Ryūkyū Islands in front. It lives on sand, scree or silt soils, on seagrass meadows, in mangrove areas and between reefs.
features
Young fish are black, adults have a brown camouflage pattern. Characteristic of the species is the concave shape of the head sides behind the eyes when viewed from above, which are shaped by pits. A brown band on the cheeks is also typical of the species. The brown cheek flat head becomes half a meter long. Like all members of the family, it is elongated, has a large flat head and a large mouth. But the mouth ends in front of the eye. The two front gill spines are short and unequal in length. There are two more spines under the eyes. They have ten to twelve short papillae above the eyes, some of which are branched, others unbranched.
Fin formula : dorsal IX-X / 11, anal 11
Way of life
Brown-cheeked flatheads are predatory fish that, often buried in the sand, lurk for smaller fish, crustaceans , cephalopods and bristle worms . Their reproductive biology is unknown.
literature
- Dieter Eichler / Robert F. Myers: Korallenfische Indopazifik , Jahr-Verlag GmbH & Co., 1997, ISBN 3-86132-225-0
- Ewald Lieske / Robert F. Myers: Coral fish of the world . Year Top Special Verlag Hamburg, 1994, ISBN 3-86132-112-2
- Hans A. Baensch / Robert A. Patzner: Mergus Sea Water Atlas Volume 6 Non-Perciformes (Non-Perciformes) , Mergus-Verlag, Melle, 1998, ISBN 3-88244-116-X
Web links
- Braunkopf-Plattkopf on Fishbase.org (English)