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Platycephalidae (Flatheads)
Etymology: mcgroutheri: Named in honor of Mark McGrouther (AMS).
Eponymy: Mark Andrew McGrouther (d: 1958), whose honours degree was awarded by Sydney University (1980), worked at the Australian Museum, Sydney (1981–2018) and was Ichthyology Collection Manager until retirement (1987–2018). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 16 - 59 m (Ref. 76764). Tropical
Western Central Pacific: Australia nd New Caledonia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 76764)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Imamura, H., 2007. Rogadius mcgroutheri, a new species of the flathead (Teleostei: Platycephalidae) collected from Eastern Australia and New Caledonia. Ichthyol. Res. 54:303-307. (Ref. 76764)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 24.3 - 27.8, mean 26 °C (based on 58 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5078 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.6 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).