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Name : Platycephalus indicus

Common Name : Karchani
Class : Actinopterygii
Order : Scorpaeniformes
Family : Platycephalidae
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Description

Head strongly depressed; brownish or greyish above, whitish below; Pectoral and pelvic fins with numerous brown blotches. Distinctive color pattern on the caudal fin with centrally yellow and black stripes on upper and lower margins?


Size

Maximum length: 67.3 cm (TL), common length: 40-60 cm (TL)


Diet

Feeds on invertebrates, crustaceans, molluscs and small fishes


Utilization

Marketed fresh and consumed locally.


Gears

Trawl, gillnet