Rogadius azizahae
Rogadius azizahae Jaafar, Seah, Imamura, Motomura & Matsunuma, 2025
Azizah's flathead


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Family:  Platycephalidae (Flatheads)
Max. size:  10.78 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  demersal; marine
Distribution:  Western Central Pacific: Vietnam.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal spines (total): 9-9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11-11; Anal soft rays: 11-11. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: second dorsal fin with 11 soft rays; anal fin with 11 soft rays; lower gill rakers 7; antrorse preopercular spine minute, weakly developed; preocular spine usually single, absence of accessory spines at base; caudal fin brown basally, broadly whitish (semitranslucent) anteriorly, posterior half almost entirely brown; pelvic fin with ca. 6-8 rows of narrow, wavy black bands or dotted lines; relatively large orbit, its diameter 12.4%-12.8% SL; and relatively narrow interorbital region, its width 1.3%-1.5% SL (Ref. 137903).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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