Scientific Name	Suggrundus meerdervoortii   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Bleeker, 1860)	Depth	20 - 100M
Chinese	大眼牛尾魚	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	牛尾魚科	Economic Fish	No
Family	F313　Platycephalidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	大眼鯒
Max Length	16.4 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	竹甲、狗祈仔、牛尾
Distribution in World	North West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	West、South、South West、North East、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew
Habitats	Benthos、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Nagasaki, Japan
Synonyms	Insidiator rudis, Platycephalus meerdervoorti, Platycephalus meerdervoortii, Platycephalus rudis, Suggrundus meerdervoorti, Suggrundus meerdevoorti, Thysanophrys meerdervoorti, Thysanophrys meerdervoortii
Reference	1. 臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；2. 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  P. Bleeker 1860 Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno, etc. 1984 Shao, K.-T. etc. 1987 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Imamura, H. etc. 1996
Specimen List	ASIZP0056040. ASIZP0056052. ASIZP0056054. ASIZP0056072. ASIZP0059055. ASIZP0059794. ASIZP0059899. ASIZP0061414. ASIZP0061562. ASIZP0061836. ASIZP0061863. ASIZP0069759. ASIZP0070499. ASIZP0700102. ASIZP0803236. ASIZP0900220. ASIZP0900247. ASIZP0913236. CAS15620. MTP0040. MTP0148. NMMBP00074. NMMBP01276. NMMBP04118. NMMBP04357. NMMBP05143. NMMBP06463. NMMSTP00805. NTMP0474. NTOU-AE6181. NTUM03643. NTUM06928. USNM00344177.
Common Name	Flathead
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Dorsal fin I-VII-VIII spines and 11 soft rays; anal fin with 11 soft rays; pectoral fin with 19-22 soft rays; lateral line scales 51-56; gill raker 1+7-10. Bony ridges on upper side of head well granulated and denticulated. Three preopercular spines well developed, the uppermost one much longer than the others. Interopercular flap tongue-like. Teeth in broad bands on pervomer and palatines.
habitats	Inhabit demersal marine semi-enclosed sea areas, down to 100 m in sandy mud bottom. Attains 21cm SL.
Distribution	Northwest Pacific: southern Japan and East China Sea to Taiwan.
Utility	Not commercial food species.