Image: Dissection of a Bluespotted Flathead - Heart

Dissection of a Bluespotted Flathead - Heart

The Bluespotted Flathead's heart is the pink structure in the centre of the image.

Photographer:
Mark McGrouther
Rights:
© Australian Museum
Common name:
Bluespotted Flathead
Scientific name:
Platycephalus caeruleopunctatus
Family:
Platycephalidae
Order:
Scorpaeniformes

Additional information

The heart is positioned closer to the head than the digestive organs.

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Tags Fishes, Ichthyology, Dissection, Bluespotted Flathead, Internal examination, Heart, Platycephalus caeruleopunctatus, Platycephalidae,