Fine-spotted Flathead

Cymbacephalus bosschei

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth0–45 m
Water temperature23–29 °C
Best monthsOctober and November
How commonRare

All species

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 3 records
February: 3 records
March: 2 records
April: 5 records
May: 4 records
June: 6 records
July: 0 records
August: 11 records
September: 10 records
October: 20 records
November: 24 records
December: 3 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–45 m · Deepest record: 70.5 m

0–10 m: 25 records
10–20 m: 2 records
20–30 m: 2 records
30–40 m: 8 records
40–50 m: 3 records
50–60 m: 1 records
60–70 m: 2 records
70–80 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 23–29 °C

22–24 °C: 4 records
24–26 °C: 12 records
26–28 °C: 33 records
28–30 °C: 42 records

Names and classification

English: Fine-spotted Flathead, Small-eyed Flathead, Smalleyed Flathead, Smalleye Flathead

Other scientific names: Inegocia bosschei, Levanaora bosschei, Papilloculiceps bosschei, Platycephalus bosschei, Platycephalus muelleri, Platycephalus mülleri, Suggrundus bosschei, Thysanophrys mulleri

Similar species

Crocodile fish
Cymbacephalus beauforti
Black-freckled Flathead
Cymbacephalus nematophthalmus
Cymbacephalus staigeri
Elates ransonnettii
Japanese Flathead
Inegocia japonica
Crocodile Flathead
Leviprora inops

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
132 open-data records from 1931 to 2019.
Species data updated November 2, 2026.

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