Animal Diversity Web

Platycephalus longispinis

Flathead

(Also: Long-spined flathead; Spiky flathead; Western sand flathead)

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
        
        Order Scorpaeniformes
        
        Family Platycephalidae (Flatheads)
        
        Genus Platycephalus
        
        Species Platycephalus longispinis (Flathead)