Marshall Islands Flatheads (Platycephalidae)

These are bottom dwellers that feed on passing fish and shrimp. Four species are known from the Marshalls, but we do not have photos of them all from Kwajalein.


Thysanophrys chiltonae


Rogadius welanderi (Bali)

Other flatheads reported from the Marshalls (links to Fishbase):

Sunagocia arenicola
Sunagocia otaitensis

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