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Fishes with flat heads
How to tell them apart?
updated Apr 2020
Several different kinds of fishes have flat heads. Here's more
on how to tell them apart.
Flathead
Family Platycephalidae
Crocodile flathead goby
Family Gobiidae
Dragonet
Family Callionymidae
Mouth huge from 'ear to ear'.
Long rounded snout.
Eyes covered with 'fringe' or 'eyelids'
Mouth huge from 'ear to ear'.
Medium rounded snout.
Eyes with a small 'eyelid'.
Mouth small.
Short pointed snout.
More comparisons
Tongue-soles
Family Cynoglossidae
Soles
Family Soleidae
Large-tooth flounders
Family Paralichthyidae
how to tell apart
flatfish families commonly seen
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