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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Hoplichthyidae Ghost flatheads

Genus: Hoplichthys

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13 species (see list below)

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Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 18 cm TL
 
Hoplichthys acanthopleurus
[]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 21.5 cm TL
 
Hoplichthys citrinus
[Lemon ghost flathead]

Photo by Shao, K.T.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 6.7 cm SL
Hoplichthys fasciatus Matsubara, 1937

Photo by Shao, K.T.
 
Hoplichthys fasciatus
[]
No picture found
Western Pacific. Likely
Max. Length 30 cm SL
 
Hoplichthys filamentosus
[Longray ghost flathead]

Photo by Reyes, R.B.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 20 cm SL
Hoplichthys gilberti Jordan & Richardson, 1908

Photo by Reyes, R.B.
 
Hoplichthys gilberti
[]

Photo by CSIRO

Southwest Pacific.
Max. Length 43 cm TL
Hoplichthys haswelli McCulloch, 1907

Photo by CSIRO
 
Hoplichthys haswelli
[Armoured flathead]
No picture found
Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 14.4 cm SL
 
Hoplichthys imamurai
[Imamura's ghost flathead]
No picture found
Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 16 cm SL
 
Hoplichthys langsdorfii
[]
No picture found
Southwest Pacific
 
Hoplichthys ogilbyi
[Ogilby's ghost flathead]
No picture found
Western Central Pacific.

 
Hoplichthys pectoralis
[]
No picture found
Eastern Central Pacific
 
Hoplichthys platophrys
[]
No picture found
Asia
 
Hoplichthys prosemion
[]

Photo by CSIRO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 20 cm TL
Hoplichthys regani Jordan, 1908

Photo by CSIRO
 
Hoplichthys regani
[Ghost flathead]
13 Species of Family Hoplichthyidae with Genus Hoplichthys
(Ghost flatheads)
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1908 Hoplichthys acanthopleurus Western Indian Ocean 18 TL
1905 Hoplichthys citrinus Lemon ghost flathead Western Central Pacific 21.5 TL
1937 Hoplichthys fasciatus Northwest Pacific 6.7 SL
1950 Hoplichthys filamentosus Longray ghost flathead Western Pacific. Likely 30 SL
1908 Hoplichthys gilberti Indo-West Pacific 20 SL
1907 Hoplichthys haswelli Armoured flathead Southwest Pacific. 43 TL
2013 Hoplichthys imamurai Imamura's ghost flathead Eastern Indian Ocean 14.4 SL
1829 Hoplichthys langsdorfii Northwest Pacific 16 SL
1914 Hoplichthys ogilbyi Ogilby's ghost flathead Southwest Pacific
1943 Hoplichthys pectoralis Western Central Pacific.
1905 Hoplichthys platophrys Eastern Central Pacific
1938 Hoplichthys prosemion Asia
1908 Hoplichthys regani Ghost flathead Indo-West Pacific 20 TL



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