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View Mode View All Pictures Species Ratabulus megacephalus (Tanaka 1917)    Ratabulus megacephalus was originally described as Thysanophrys megacephalus by Tanaka in 1917. It belongs to the family Platycephalidae. It is commonly known as Hanamegochi. It is found in Salt water and its distribution is Western North Pacific: Japan to South China Sea to Philippines.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   megacephalus AuthorWI   Tanaka [S.] AuthorNI   Tanaka Qualification   --- Year   1917 Status   Valid Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Scorpaeniformes Scorpaeniformes Family   Platycephalidae Subfamily   --- --- Genus   Ratabulus Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Scorpaeniformes Family   Platycephalidae Genus   Ratabulus Original Name   Thysanophrys         Taxon Name   megacephalus Original Combination   Thysanophrys megacephalus Original Genus   Thysanophrys Original Genus Species   Thysanophrys megacephalus OriginalSubGenus   Thysanophrys Original Author   Tanaka Original AuthorWI   Tanaka [S.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1917 Original Family   Platycephalidae Original SubFamily   --- Original Level   species Type Locality   Fish market in Tokyo, Japan. Primary Code   Holotype (unique) Primary Type   ZUMT (lost or never at ZUMT) Page   11 SubSpecies AuthorWI --- Qualification SS --- Original QualificationSS --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI --- Current Genus Species Ratabulus megacephalus Current Species   megacephalus Current Genus Ratabulus Current AuthorWI Tanaka [S.] Current AuthorNI   Tanaka Current Year   1917 Current Family Platycephalidae Current Subfamily --- --- Habitat demersal         Water Salt water Depth Range From 79 to 261 meters.     Distribution Western North Pacific: Japan to South China Sea to Philippines. Current Summary   Valid as Ratabulus megacephalus  (Tanaka 1917). Platycephalidae.   Name History   • Synonym of Ratabulus diveridens  (McCulloch 1914) -- (Knapp 1999:2410 [ref. 24807] as diversidans  ). • Valid as Ratabulus megacephalus  (Tanaka 1917) -- (Ochiai in Masuda et al. 1984:322 [ref. 6441], Yatou in Okamura et al. 1985:599, 729 [ref. 8056], Shao & Chen 1987:86 [ref. 8042], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:155 [ref. 15964], Imamura 1996:201 [ref. 22700], Lee & Joo 1998:219 [ref. 25739], Nakabo 2000:618 [ref. 25086], Knapp in Randall & Lim 2000:608 [ref. 25122], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:69 [ref. 25480], Shinohara et al. 2001:318 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:618 [ref. 26001], Youn 2002:258, 570 [ref. 26218], Imamura & Gomon 2010:19 [ref. 31104]). Common Names  Common Names Picture  Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations  Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 1 (3 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   diversidens Ratabulus diversidens (McCulloch [A. R.] 1914) Valid fulviguttatus Ratabulus fulviguttatus Imamura [H.] & Gomon [M. F.] 2010 Valid ventralis Ratabulus ventralis Imamura [H.] & Gomon [M. F.] 2010 Valid Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 1 (3 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…