WoRMS taxon details
Platycephalus Bloch, 1795
Neoplatycephalus Castelnau, 1872 · unaccepted
Planipora · unaccepted (misspelling)
Planiprora Whitley, 1931 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Platycephalus angustus Steindachner, 1866
- Species Platycephalus aurimaculatus Knapp, 1987
- Species Platycephalus australis Imamura, 2015
- Species Platycephalus bassensis Cuvier, 1829
- Species Platycephalus caeruleopunctatus McCulloch, 1922
- Species Platycephalus chauliodous Knapp, 1991
- Species Platycephalus conatus Waite & McCulloch, 1915
- Species Platycephalus cultellatus Richardson, 1846
- Species Platycephalus endrachtensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
- Species Platycephalus fuscus Cuvier, 1829
- Species Platycephalus grandispinis Cuvier, 1829
- Species Platycephalus indicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Platycephalus laevigatus Cuvier, 1829
- Species Platycephalus marmoratus Stead, 1908
- Species Platycephalus micracanthus Sauvage, 1873
- Species Platycephalus orbitalis Imamura & Knapp, 2009
- Species Platycephalus richardsoni Castelnau, 1872
- Species Platycephalus speculator Klunzinger, 1872
- Species Platycephalus westraliae (Whitley, 1938)
- Species Platycephalus arenaris Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886 accepted as Platycephalus endrachtensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 (misspelling)
- Species Platycephalus arenarius Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886 accepted as Platycephalus endrachtensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
- Species Platycephalus arenicola (Schultz, 1966) accepted as Sunagocia arenicola (Schultz, 1966)
- Species Platycephalus armatus (Fowler, 1938) accepted as Thysanophrys armata (Fowler, 1938)
- Species Platycephalus asper Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Rogadius asper (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Platycephalus bataviensis Bleeker, 1853 accepted as Inegocia japonica (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Platycephalus beauforti Knapp, 1973 accepted as Cymbacephalus beauforti (Knapp, 1973)
- Species Platycephalus bengalensis Rao, 1966 accepted as Kumococius rodericensis (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Platycephalus bobossok Bleeker, 1853 accepted as Sunagocia carbunculus (Valenciennes, 1833)
- Species Platycephalus borbonensis Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Inegocia japonica (Cuvier, 1829) (misspelling)
- Species Platycephalus borbonicus Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Inegocia japonica (Cuvier, 1829) (misspelling)
- Species Platycephalus borboniensis Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Inegocia japonica (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Platycephalus bosschei Bleeker, 1860 accepted as Cymbacephalus bosschei (Bleeker, 1860)
- Species Platycephalus cantori Bleeker, 1879 accepted as Sunagocia carbunculus (Valenciennes, 1833)
- Species Platycephalus carbunculus Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Sunagocia carbunculus (Valenciennes, 1833)
- Species Platycephalus castelnaui MacLeay, 1881 accepted as Platycephalus speculator Klunzinger, 1872
- Species Platycephalus celebicus Bleeker, 1855 accepted as Thysanophrys celebica (Bleeker, 1855)
- Species Platycephalus chiltonae (Schultz, 1966) accepted as Thysanophrys chiltonae Schultz, 1966
- Species Platycephalus cinereus Günther, 1872 accepted as Platycephalus fuscus Cuvier, 1829
- Species Platycephalus cirronasus Richardson, 1848 accepted as Thysanophrys cirronasus (Richardson, 1848) (misspelling)
- Species Platycephalus cooperi Regan, 1908 accepted as Suggrundus cooperi (Regan, 1908)
- Species Platycephalus crocodila Tilesius, 1814 accepted as Cociella crocodilus (Cuvier, 1829) (misspelling)
- Species Platycephalus crocodilus Tilesius, 1814 accepted as Cociella crocodilus (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Platycephalus crocodilus Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Cociella crocodilus (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Platycephalus dormitator Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Gobiomorus dormitor Lacepède, 1800
- Species Platycephalus fasciatus Günther, 1872 accepted as Cociella punctata (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Platycephalus grandidieri Sauvage, 1873 accepted as Papilloculiceps longiceps (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Platycephalus grandis (Castelnau, 1872) accepted as Platycephalus richardsoni Castelnau, 1872
- Species Platycephalus grandisquamis Regan, 1908 accepted as Onigocia grandisquama (Regan, 1908) (synonym)
- Species Platycephalus gruveli Pellegrin, 1905 accepted as Solitas gruveli (Pellegrin, 1905)
- Species Platycephalus guttatus Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Cociella crocodilus (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Platycephalus haackei Steindachner, 1883 accepted as Leviprora inops (Jenyns, 1840)
- Species Platycephalus harrisii (McCulloch, 1914) accepted as Inegocia harrisii (McCulloch, 1914)
- Species Platycephalus heterolepis Barnard, 1927 accepted as Sorsogona prionota (Sauvage, 1873)
- Species Platycephalus horai de Beaufort, 1956 accepted as Thysanophrys celebica (Bleeker, 1855)
- Species Platycephalus inermis Jordan & Evermann, 1902 accepted as Cociella crocodilus (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Platycephalus inops Jenyns, 1840 accepted as Leviprora inops (Jenyns, 1840)
- Species Platycephalus insidiator (Forsskål, 1775) accepted as Platycephalus indicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Platycephalus isacanthus Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Inegocia japonica (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Platycephalus japonicus Tilesius, 1814 accepted as Inegocia japonica (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Platycephalus japonicus Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Inegocia japonica (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Platycephalus longiceps Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Papilloculiceps longiceps (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Platycephalus longispinis MacLeay, 1884 accepted as Platycephalus grandispinis Cuvier, 1829
- Species Platycephalus macracanthus Bleeker, 1869 accepted as Suggrundus macracanthus (Bleeker, 1869)
- Species Platycephalus macrocephalus Weber, 1913 accepted as Onigocia macrocephala (Weber, 1913)
- Species Platycephalus macrodon Ogilby, 1885 accepted as Platycephalus richardsoni Castelnau, 1872
- Species Platycephalus macrolepis Bleeker, 1854 accepted as Onigocia macrolepis (Bleeker, 1854)
- Species Platycephalus maculipinna Regan, 1905 accepted as Grammoplites suppositus (Troschel, 1840)
- Species Platycephalus malabaricus Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Cociella punctata (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Platycephalus malayanus Bleeker, 1854 accepted as Sunagocia otaitensis (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Platycephalus meerdervoorti Bleeker, 1860 accepted as Suggrundus meerdervoortii (Bleeker, 1860) (misspelling)
- Species Platycephalus meerdervoortii Bleeker, 1860 accepted as Suggrundus meerdervoortii (Bleeker, 1860)
- Species Platycephalus meerdevoortii Bleeker, 1860 accepted as Suggrundus meerdervoortii (Bleeker, 1860)
- Species Platycephalus mortoni Macleay, 1883 accepted as Platycephalus fuscus Cuvier, 1829
- Species Platycephalus muelleri Klunzinger, 1879 accepted as Cymbacephalus bosschei (Bleeker, 1860)
- Species Platycephalus mülleri Klunzinger, 1879 accepted as Cymbacephalus bosschei (Bleeker, 1860) (misspelling)
- Species Platycephalus neglectus Troschel, 1840 accepted as Grammoplites scaber (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Platycephalus nemathophthalmus Günther, 1860 accepted as Cymbacephalus nematophthalmus (Günther, 1860) (misspelling)
- Species Platycephalus nematophthalmus Günther, 1860 accepted as Cymbacephalus nematophthalmus (Günther, 1860)
- Species Platycephalus nigripinnis Regan, 1905 accepted as Sorsogona nigripinna (Regan, 1905)
- Species Platycephalus oligolepis Regan, 1908 accepted as Onigocia oligolepis (Regan, 1908)
- Species Platycephalus otaitensis (Cuvier, 1829) accepted as Sunagocia otaitensis (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Platycephalus papilloculus Fowler, 1935 accepted as Papilloculiceps longiceps (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Platycephalus pedimacula Regan, 1908 accepted as Onigocia pedimacula (Regan, 1908)
- Species Platycephalus polijodon Bleeker, 1853 accepted as Rogadius serratus (Cuvier, 1829) (misspelling)
- Species Platycephalus polyodon Bleeker, 1853 accepted as Rogadius serratus (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Platycephalus prionotus Sauvage, 1873 accepted as Sorsogona prionota (Sauvage, 1873)
- Species Platycephalus pristiger Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Rogadius pristiger (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Platycephalus pristis Peters, 1855 accepted as Thysanophrys celebica (Bleeker, 1855)
- Species Platycephalus proximus Castelnau, 1872 accepted as Platycephalus laevigatus Cuvier, 1829
- Species Platycephalus punctatus Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Cociella punctata (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Platycephalus quoyi Bleeker, 1856 accepted as Cociella punctata (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Platycephalus ransonnetii Steindachner, 1876 accepted as Elates ransonnettii (Steindachner, 1876) (misspelling)
- Species Platycephalus ransonnettii Steindachner, 1876 accepted as Elates ransonnettii (Steindachner, 1876) (synonym)
- Species Platycephalus rodericensis Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Kumococius rodericensis (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Platycephalus rudis Günther, 1877 accepted as Suggrundus meerdervoortii (Bleeker, 1860)
- Species Platycephalus scaber (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Grammoplites scaber (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Platycephalus sculptus Günther, 1880 accepted as Kumococius rodericensis (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Platycephalus semermis De Vis, 1883 accepted as Leviprora inops (Jenyns, 1840)
- Species Platycephalus serratus Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Rogadius serratus (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Platycephalus sihamus (Forsskål, 1775) accepted as Sillago sihama (Forsskål, 1775)
- Species Platycephalus spinosus Temminck & Schlegel, 1843 accepted as Onigocia spinosa (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)
- Species Platycephalus staigeri Castelnau, 1875 accepted as Cymbacephalus staigeri (Castelnau, 1875)
- Species Platycephalus subfasciatus Günther, 1887 accepted as Sorsogona prionota (Sauvage, 1873)
- Species Platycephalus sundaicus Bleeker, 1878 accepted as Suggrundus macracanthus (Bleeker, 1869)
- Species Platycephalus suppositus Troschel, 1840 accepted as Grammoplites suppositus (Troschel, 1840)
- Species Platycephalus tasmanius Richardson, 1842 accepted as Platycephalus bassensis Cuvier, 1829
- Species Platycephalus tentaculatus Rüppell, 1838 accepted as Papilloculiceps longiceps (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Platycephalus timoriensis Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Kumococius rodericensis (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Platycephalus townsendi Regan, 1905 accepted as Sorsogona prionota (Sauvage, 1873)
- Species Platycephalus tuberculatus Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Sorsogona tuberculata (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Platycephalus variolosus Günther, 1876 accepted as Sunagocia otaitensis (Cuvier, 1829)
- Species Platycephalus variolusus Günther, 1876 accepted as Sunagocia otaitensis (Cuvier, 1829) (misspelling)
- Species Platycephalus vittatus Valenciennes, 1833 accepted as Grammoplites vittatus (Valenciennes, 1833)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2023). FishBase. Platycephalus Bloch, 1795. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126166 on 2023-12-05
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(of Neoplatycephalus Castelnau, 1872) Castelnau, F. L. (1872). Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. No. 1.--The Melbourne fish market (pp. 29-242). No. II.--Note on some South Australian fishes (pp. 243-247). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne.</em> v. 1: 29-247 plus 1 p. Errata, 1 pl. [details]
taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Bock, K.R. (1996). Checklist of the reef fishes of Diani and Galu, Kenya. Journal of East African natural History 85: 5-22. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Bock, K.R. (1996). Checklist of the reef fishes of Diani and Galu, Kenya. Journal of East African natural History 85: 5-22. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]



