Summary description from Wikipedia:

Platycephalidae in languages:

Chinese

牛尾魚科

Chinese

鯒科

Czech

zploštělcovití

English

Typical Flatheads

German

Plattköpfe

Japanese

コチ科

Japanese

メゴチ属

Russian

Плоскоголововые

Ukrainian

Пласкоголові

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Parent Taxon

• Perciformes

Sibling Taxa

• Bembridae
• Congiopodidae
• Hoplichthyidae
• Neosebastidae
• Normanichthyidae
• Platycephalidae
• Plectrogeniidae
• Scorpaenidae
• Synanceiidae
• Triglidae
• Zanclorhynchidae

Child Taxa

• Ambiserrula
• Cociella
• Cymbacephalus
• Elates
• Grammoplites
• Inegocia
• Insidiator
• Kumococius
• Leviprora
• Onigocia
• Papilloculiceps
• Platycephalus
• Ratabulus
• Rogadius
• Solitas
• Sunagocia
• Thysanophrys

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