Scientific Name	Suggrundus macracanthus   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Bleeker, 1869)	Depth	- 132M
Chinese	大棘大眼牛尾魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	牛尾魚科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F313　Platycephalidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	大棘大眼鯒
Max Length	26 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	竹甲、狗祈仔、牛尾
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	South West、North East
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Ambon Island, Moluccas Islands, Indonesia
Synonyms	Platycephalus macracanthus, Platycephalus sundaicus, Suggrundus sundaicus
Reference	1. 臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；2. Knapp, L. W. 1999. Family Platycephalidae. In: Carpenter and Niem (ed). Species identification guide for fisheries purposes. The living marine resources of the western central Pacific. Bony fishes part 2 (Mugilidae to Carangidae). FAO, Rome. v. 4: iii-v; 2069-2790；3. Shao, K. T. and J. P. Chen, 1987. Fishes of the family Platycephalidae (Teleostei: Platycephaloidei) of Taiwan with descriptions of two new species. Bull. Inst. Zool. Acad. Sin. 26(1):77-94.  Bleeker, P. 1869 Kailola, P.J. 1987 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993
Specimen List	ASIZP0056039. ASIZP0060760. ASIZP0064133. ASIZP0070528. CAS30994. NMMBP00029. NMMBP01153. NMMBP01229. NMMBP05251. NTUM06333. NTUM08203. NTUM08204. USNM00076652. USNM00303827.
Common Name	Large-spined flathead
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin with I-VIII spines and 12 soft rays; anal fin with 12 soft rays; pectoral fin with 19-21 soft rays; lateral line scales 51-53. Preopercular spines 3, upper long, bayonet-like, reaching to or past opercular margin. Anterior 13-33 lateral line scales bearing a small spine or ridge. Iris lappet bilobed in adults, crenate in juveniles. Finger-like interopercular flap present. Total gill rakers on first arch 7-9, usually 8. Body upper brown, lower pallid. First dorsal fin with several brown spots; second dorsal fin, anal and caudal fin transparent; pelvic and pectoral fin with scatterd black spots.
habitats	Inhabit demersal marine environment, attains 26.0 cm TL.
Distribution	Indo-West Pacific: southern India and Sri Lanka to Malaysia, Gulf of Thailand, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia, Philippines, the Arafura Sea, Northwest Shelf of Australia to Coral Sea.
Utility	Minor commercial food species.