Taxonomic revision of the flathead fish genus Platycephalus Bloch, 1785 (Teleostei: Platycephalidae) from Australia, with description of a new species Author Imamura, Hisashi text Zootaxa 2015 3904 2 151 207 journal article 42649 10.11646/zootaxa.3904.2.1 adefe9de-0ca5-479a-b736-ad242c7f0fe4 1175-5326 233552 CEC37C0D-A25D-43C1-8F3C-127919282F35

TABLE 13. Comparison of counts and proportional measurements of Platycephalus australis sp. nov. and P. indicus.

	P. australis Holotype	Paratypes	Non-types	P. indicus Non-types
SL (mm)	WAM P.29859-001 477	n = 11 123–415	n = 13 51.4–310	n = 41 40.2 –379
Counts: D1 D2	I + VIII + 0 13	I + VII–VIII + 0–I (usually I + VIII + 0) 13	I + VII + I or I + VIII + 0 13	I + VI–VIII + 0–I 13–14 (usually 13)
A P1	13 2 + 13 + 5 = 20	13 2 + 11–14 + 4–7 = 19–21 (usually 20)	13 2–3 + 11–13 + 4–7 = 19–21 (usually 20)	13 1–2 + 10–14 + 4–7 = 18–20 (usually 19)
C LLS (spines) OBS GR	12 68 (1) 85 1 + 4 = 5	11–13 (usually 12) 69–78 (1–2) 80–99 1–2 + 3–7 = 4–9*	11–12 (usually 12) 67–74 (2) 75–97 1–2 + 5–8 = 6–10*	9–12 (usually 12)** 67–84 (1–3) 83–112 1–2 + 6–8 = 7–10*
As % SL: HL	31.7	31.5–33.4	31.6–35.8	29.2–34.7
PDL LD1B LD2B LAB	33.2 20.3 34.0 35.1	31.8–35.0 16.9–20.1 33.9–36.0 36.2–38.5	33.9–37.9 16.5–21.3 31.9–35.7 35.0–37.9	29.9–38.1 14.8–21.8 31.8–36.2 34.1–41.1
SNL OD	8.3 3.8	7.9–8.8 4.1–6.2	8.3–9.8 4.5–7.5	7.6–9.5 3.9–8.5
UJL LJL IW POL	12.3 16.4 5.1 20.2	11.7–12.5 16.0–17.3 3.3–6.0 18.3–20.8	11.5–12.8 16.3–18.2 2.7–5.0 18.4–19.1	10.6–13.2 14.8–18.4 2.5–5.5 16.5–19.3
SW P1L	2.8 14.1	2.6–2.9 12.7–15.8	2.4–2.8 12.4–17.9	2.5–3.1 12.4–17.7
P2L CL As % HL: SNL	22.4 13.8 26.2	19.5–23.8 14.8–17.6 25.0–26.8	19.8–24.7 14.6–18.3 25.9–27.8	21.2–25.6 14.7–19.9 25.3–28.4
OD UJL	11.9 38.7	12.5–18.5 36.0–38.0	14.4–23.4 35.6–38.0	13.0–23.6 35.0–40.4
LJL IW POL SW	51.7 16.0 63.6 8.7	50.5–52.6 10.4–18.1 56.5–63.3 7.8–8.9	48.2–52.7 6.5–15.7 51.6–60.4 6.9–8.6	48.6–54.3 7.2–18.4 51.4–61.6 7.1–10.1