The taxonomy of the fish genus Platycephalus Bloch, 1785 from Australia is revised following examination of all extant primary types of Australian species, including those previously synonymized. The following 16 Australian species, including a single new species, are recognized in this study: Platycephalus angustus Steindachner, 1866, Platycephalus aurimaculatus Knapp, 1987, Platycephalus bass...

some biological characteristics and population dynamic of platycephalus indicus were studied during one year from may 2011 to march 2012 in the coastal waters of bandar abbas. a total of 1106 samples were collected. also, each month 35 fish was choosen and transferred to the laboratory for evaluation of spawning season.the ages of 279 specimens were determined by sectioned otoliths. the ages of...

The accumulations of Cd, Ni, Pb, and Cr were measured in muscle, gill, kidney, and liver of Platycephalus indicus and Pampus argenteus. Our results indicated that all metals were found to be the highest in tissues in P. indicus (benthic species). Except Ni in P. indicus, concentrations of metals and bioaccumulation factor were in the following sequence: liver > kidney > gill > muscle. The data ...

genetic diversity of six populations of bartail flathead (platycephalus indicus linnaeus, 1758) was investigated using amplified fragment length polymorphism (aflp). a total of 118 reproducible bands amplified with ten aflp primer combinations were obtained from 42 fishes that were collected from six different locations in the northern part of the persian gulf. the percentage of polymorphic ban...

The occurrence of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) has been determined in two widely consumed fish species from Persian Gulf i.e., Epinephelus coioides and Platycephalus indicus by applying a validated analytical for the simultaneous detection fourteen EDCs. concentrations all detected EDCs were greater liver than muscle (except bisphenol A P. indicus), suggesting prolonged exposure fishes...

this study describes length-weight relationships of five species (platycephalus indicus, pseudorhombus elevates, plicofollis tenuispinis, grammoplites suppositus, pomadays stridens) collected from persian gulf (khuzestan province, iran) during december 2009 to november 2011. a total of 2065 specimen were examined for this study. the relationship between weight and total length were estimated: w...