Scientific Name	Cociella crocodila   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Cuvier, 1829)	Depth	5 - 100M
Chinese	點斑鱷牛尾魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	牛尾魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F313　Platycephalidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	點斑鱷鯒
Max Length	50 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	正鱷牛尾魚、正鱷鯒、竹甲、狗祈仔、牛尾
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、North、North East、PonFu
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Nagasaki, Japan
Synonyms
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Fishbase(2006)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.4(FAO,1999)  Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno, etc. 1984 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Carpenter, K. E. etc. 1999 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List
Barcode	2015-11-01,Yu-Ming Shih,CO1,100%
Common Name	Crocodile flathead
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with I-VII-VIII and 11 soft rays; anal fin with 11 soft rays; pectoral fin with 19-21 soft rays; lateral line scales 47-54; gill rakers 1 + 6-8. Teeth villiform or granular in a broad band on jaws, prevomer and palatines. Scales small and deciduous, anterior 3 or 4 scales in lateral line spined. Two or preopercular spines, the uppermost one especially prolonged into a bayonet-shape. Interopercular flap absent.
habitats	Inhabit demersal marine environment, occur from near shore to 100 m depth, on sand or mud bottoms. Larvae and juveniles rarely enter mangrove areas, most especially the lower reaches.
Distribution	Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea and East Africa to the Solomon Islands, north to southern Japan, south to Australia.
Utility	Fished through all years, edible, palatable.