Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Thorny Flathead
Rogadius pristiger
Thorny Flathead
Category: Flatheads
Scientific Name: Rogadius pristiger
Size: Up to 8 in. (20 cm)  
Depth: 30-100 ft. (10-30 m)
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, Red Sea
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Perciformes (Order)
     └Scorpaenoidei (Suborder)
      └Platycephalidae (Family) Flatheads
       └Rogadius (Genus)
        └R. pristiger (Species)
WoRMS ID: 218146🔗
iNaturalist ID: 199184🔗

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