name given to several Australianmarine fishes, Platycephalus fuscus, Cuv. and Val., andother species of Platycephalus, family Cottidae.The Red Flathead is P. bassensis, Cuv.and Val., and theRock F. is P. laevigatus, Cuv.and Val. See also Tupong and Maori-chief.
1793. Governor Hunter, `Voyage,' p. 410 (AboriginalVocabulary):
«Paddewah, a fish called a flathead.»
1832. J. Bischoff, `Van Diemen's Land,' c. ii. p. 32:
«The market of Hobart Town is supplied with small rock cod,flatheads, and a fish called the perch.»