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Genera in the family or subfamily Platycephalidae: [ 35 ] records

Ambiserrula Imamura [H.] 1996:215 Fem. Insidiator jugosus Mcculloch 1914. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Ambiserrula Imamura 1996 -- (Knapp 1999:2389 [ref. 24807], Paxton et al. 2006:934 [ref. 29079]). Current status: Valid as Ambiserrula Imamura 1996. Platycephalidae.

Cacumen Whitley [G. P.] 1931:326 Neut. Platycephalus speculator Klunzinger 1872. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Platycephalus Bloch 1795 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:470 [ref. 12442] based on placement of type species, Imamura 1996:198 [ref. 22700], Kottelat 2013:318 [ref. 32989], Imamura 2015:153 [ref. 33640]). Current status: Synonym of Platycephalus Bloch 1795. Platycephalidae.

Calliomorus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1800:343 Masc. Callionymus indicus Linnaeus 1758. Type by monotypy. Also appeared in Sonnini 1803:233 [ref. 30473]. •Synonym of Platycephalus Bloch 1795 -- (Imamura 1996:198 [ref. 22700], Kottelat 2013:318 [ref. 32989], Imamura 2015:153 [ref. 33640]). Current status: Synonym of Platycephalus Bloch 1795. Platycephalidae.

Centranodon Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803:138 Masc. Centranodon japonicus Lacepède 1803. Type by monotypy. Silurus imberbus cited in synonymy. Regarded as unidentifiable, perhaps a synonym of Platycephalus Bloch 1795 -- (Jordan 1917:66 [ref. 2407]). Current status: Uncertain. Platycephalidae.

Cociella Whitley [G. P.] 1940:243 Fem. Platycephalus crocodilus Cuvier 1829. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Cocius Jordan & Hubbs 1925, preoccupied by Cocius Navás 1921. •Valid as Cociella Whitley 1940 -- (Ochiai in Masuda et al. 1984:322 [ref. 6441], Knapp 1986:482 [ref. 5683], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:153 [ref. 15964], Knapp 1996:20 [ref. 22010], Imamura 1996:203 [ref. 22700], Knapp 1999:2388 [ref. 24807], Imamura 2009:74 [ref. 30434], Imamura 2011:393 [ref. 31625], Kottelat 2013:317 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2018:139 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:58 [ref. 36273], Imamura & Aungtonya 2020:25 [ref. 38146]). Current status: Valid as Cociella Whitley 1940. Platycephalidae.

Cocius Jordan [D. S.] & Hubbs [C. L.] 1925:286 Masc. Platycephalus crocodilus Cuvier 1829. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Preoccupied by Cocius Navás 1921, replaced by Cociella Whitley 1940. •In the synonymy of Cociella Whitley 1940 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:153 [ref. 15964], Knapp 1996:20 [ref. 22010], Imamura 1996:203 [ref. 22700], Paxton et al. 2006:934 [ref. 29079], Kottelat 2013:317 [ref. 32989]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Cociella Whitley 1940. Platycephalidae.

Colefaxia (subgenus of Neoplatycephalus) Whitley [G. P.] 1935:249 Fem. Platycephalus macrodon Ogilby 1885. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Misspelled Colifaxia in Zoological Record for 1935. •Synonym of Platycephalus Bloch 1795 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:469 [ref. 12442] based on placement of type species, Imamura 1996:198 [ref. 22700], Kottelat 2013:318 [ref. 32989], Imamura 2015:153 [ref. 33640]). Current status: Synonym of Platycephalus Bloch 1795. Platycephalidae.

Cumbel Whitley [G. P.] 1952:32 Masc. Platycephalus haackei Steindachner 1883. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Treated as masculine, Art. 30.3. •Synonym of Leviprora Whitley 1931 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:467 [ref. 12442] based on placement of the type species, Imamura 1996:218 [ref. 22700], Imamura & Moore 2020:[2] [ref. 37283]). Current status: Synonym of Leviprora Whitley 1931. Platycephalidae.

Cymbacephalus Fowler [H. W.] 1938:90 Masc. Platycephalus nematophthalmus Günther 1860. Type by original designation. •Valid as Cymbacephalus Fowler 1938 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:466 [ref. 12442], Imamura 1996:204 [ref. 22700], Knapp 1999:2387 [ref. 24807], Paxton et al. 2006:935 [ref. 29079], Kottelat 2013:317 [ref. 32989], Motomura et al. 2017:72 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2019:107 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Cymbacephalus Fowler 1938. Platycephalidae.

Elates Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1907:39 Masc. Elates thompsoni Jordan & Seale 1907. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Elates Jordan & Seale 1907 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:466 [ref. 12442], Imamura 1996:199 [ref. 22700], Knapp 1999:2386 [ref. 24807], Imamura et al. 2006:293 [ref. 28670], Paxton et al. 2006:936 [ref. 29079], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:38 [ref. 36649], Motomura et al. 2017:72 [ref. 35490]). Current status: Valid as Elates Jordan & Seale 1907. Platycephalidae.

Eurycephalus Imamura [H.] 1996:210 Masc. Thysanophrys arenicola Schultz 1966. Type by original designation. Preoccupied by Eurycephalus Gray in Cuvier & Griffith 1832 in beetles; replaced by Sunagocia Imamura 2003. •Synonym of Sunagocia Imamura 2003 -- (Knapp & Imamura 2004:545 [ref. 28022], Paxton et al. 2006:946 [ref. 29079]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Sunagocia Imamura 2003. Platycephalidae.

Grammoplites Fowler [H. W.] 1904:550 Masc. Cottus scaber Linnaeus 1758. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Grammoplites Fowler 1940 -- (Knapp 1979:51 [ref. 14196], Knapp 1986:483 [ref. 5683], Imamura & Amaoka 1994 [ref. 21442], Imamura 1996:202 [ref. 22700], Knapp 1999:2387 [ref. 24807], Yamakawa & Machida 2004:384 [ref. 28104], Imamura 2009:75 [ref. 30434], Kottelat 2013:317 [ref. 32989], Knapp & Imamura 2014:447 [ref. 33427], Golani & Fricke 2018:58 [ref. 36273]). Current status: Valid as Grammoplites Fowler 1904. Platycephalidae.

Hyalorhynchus Ogilby [J. D.] 1910:118 Masc. Hyalorhynchus pellucidus Ogilby 1910. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Elates Jordan & Seale 1907 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:466 [ref. 12442] based on placement of the type species, Imamura 1996:199 [ref. 22700], Imamura & Hoese 2020:[4] [ref. 37793]). Current status: Synonym of Elates Jordan & Seale 1907. Platycephalidae.

Inegocia Jordan [D. S.] & Thompson [W. F.] 1913:70 Fem. Platycephalus japonicus Tilesius 1814. Type by original designation. •Valid as Inegocia Jordan & Thompson 1913 -- (Ochiai in Masuda et al. 1984:321 [ref. 6441], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:150 [ref. 15964], Paxton et al. 1989:466 [ref. 12442], Imamura 1996:207 [ref. 22700], Knapp 1999:2389 [ref. 24807], Imamura et al. 2006:294 [ref. 28670], Paxton et al. 2006:936 [ref. 29079], Imamura 2009:75 [ref. 30434], Imamura 2010:21 [ref. 30804], Motomura et al. 2010:94 [ref. 31256], Imamura 2011:393 [ref. 31625], Kottelat 2013:317 [ref. 32989], Motomura et al. 2017:72 [ref. 35490]). Current status: Valid as Inegocia Jordan & Thompson 1913. Platycephalidae.

Insidiator Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1900:368 Masc. Platycephalus rudis Günther 1877. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Apparently not preoccupied by Insidiator Oken 1842 [confusion with Sparus insidiator ? not investigated], not preoccupied by Insidiator Amyot 1846 (non-binominal, Opinion 686, 1963) in insects; replaced by Suggrundus Whitley 1930. •Synonym of Suggrundus Whitley 1930 -- (Imamura 1996:208 [ref. 22700], Prokofiev 2019:238 [ref. 37245]). •Valid as Insidiator Jordan & Snyder 1900 -- (Imamura & Hoese 2020:[3] [ref. 37448]). Current status: Valid as Insidiator Jordan & Snyder 1900. Platycephalidae.

Kumococius Matsubara [K.] & Ochiai [A.] 1955:89 Masc. Insidiator detrusus Jordan & Seale 1905. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Kumococius Matsubara & Ochiai 1955 -- (Ochiai in Masuda et al. 1984:322 [ref. 6441] but spelled Kumococcius, Imamura 1996:204 [ref. 22700], Knapp 1999:2388 [ref. 24807], Paxton et al. 2006:937 [ref. 29079]). Current status: Valid as Kumococius Matsubara & Ochiai 1955. Platycephalidae.

Levanaora Whitley [G. P.] 1933:95 Fem. Platycephalus isacanthus Cuvier 1829. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Inegocia Jordan & Thompson 1913 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:467 [ref. 12442] based on placement of the type species, Imamura 1996:207 [ref. 22700]). Current status: Synonym of Inegocia Jordan & Thompson 1913. Platycephalidae.

Leviprora Whitley [G. P.] 1931:327 Fem. Platycephalus inops Jenyns 1840. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Leviprora Whitley 1931 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:467 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:514 [ref. 22532], Imamura 1996:218 [ref. 22700], Paxton et al. 2006:938 [ref. 29079], Gomon 2008:516 [ref. 30616], Imamura & Moore 2020:[2] [ref. 37283]). Current status: Valid as Leviprora Whitley 1931. Platycephalidae.

Longitrudis Whitley [G. P.] 1931:327 Fem. Platycephalus longispinis Macleay 1884. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Platycephalus Bloch 1795 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:469 based on placement of type species, Imamura 1996:198 [ref. 22700], Kottelat 2013:318 [ref. 32989], Imamura 2015:153 [ref. 33640]). Current status: Synonym of Platycephalus Bloch 1795. Platycephalidae.

Neoplatycephalus Castelnau [F. L.] 1872:87 Masc. Neoplatycephalus grandis Castelnau 1872. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Neoplatycephalus Castelnau 1872 -- (Knapp 1991:23 [ref. 19172], Gomon et al. 1994:516 [ref. 22532]). •Synonym of Platycephalus Bloch 1795 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:469 [ref. 12442] based on placement of the type species, Imamura 1996:198 [ref. 22700], Kottelat 2013:318 [ref. 32989], Imamura 2015:153 [ref. 33640]). Current status: Synonym of Platycephalus Bloch 1795. Platycephalidae.

Onigocia Jordan [D. S.] & Thompson [W. F.] 1913:70 Fem. Platycephalus macrolepis Bleeker 1854. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Onigocia Jordan & Thompson 1913 -- (Ochiai in Masuda et al. 1984:321 [ref. 6441], Knapp 1986:483 [ref. 5683], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:143 [ref. 15964], Paxton et al. 1989:467 [ref. 12442], Imamura 1996:214 [ref. 22700], Knapp 1999:2387 [ref. 24807], Knapp et al. 2000:1 [ref. 26638], Paxton et al. 2006:938 [ref. 29079], Imamura & McGrouther 2008:239 [ref. 29804], Imamura & Knapp 2009:23 [ref. 30054], Imamura 2012:23 [ref. 32157], Imamura 2016:151 [ref. 35406], Motomura et al. 2017:73 [ref. 35490], Golani & Fricke 2018:58 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:108 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Onigocia Jordan & Thompson 1913. Platycephalidae.

Papilloculiceps Fowler [H. W.] & Steinitz [H.] 1956:283 Neut. Platycephalus grandidieri Sauvage 1873. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Papilloculiceps Fowler & Steinitz 1956 -- (Knapp 1986:484 [ref. 5683], Imamura 1996:207 [ref. 22700], Fricke et al. 2018:140 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:58 [ref. 36273]). Current status: Valid as Papilloculiceps Fowler & Steinitz 1956. Platycephalidae.

Planiprora Whitley [G. P.] 1931:327 Fem. Platycephalus fuscus Cuvier 1829. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Platycephalus Bloch 1795 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:468 [ref. 12442] based on placement of the type species, Imamura 1996:198 [ref. 22700], Kottelat 2013:318 [ref. 32989], Imamura 2015:153 [ref. 33640]). Current status: Synonym of Platycephalus Bloch 1795. Platycephalidae.

Platycephalus Bloch [M. E.] 1795:96 Masc. Platycephalus spathula Bloch 1795 (= Callionymus indicus Linnaeus 1758). Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan & Evermann 1917:53. •Valid as Platycephalus Bloch 1795 -- (Hureau 1973:592 [ref. 7197], Ochiai in Masuda et al. 1984:322 [ref. 6441], Hureau in Whitehead et al. 1986:1241 [ref. 13677], Knapp 1986:484 [ref. 5683], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:156 [ref. 15964], Paxton et al. 1989:467 [ref. 12442], Ataur Rahman 1989:316 [ref. 24860], Jin in Pan et al. 1991:521 [ref. 23876], Gomon et al. 1994:518 [ref. 22532], Imamura 1996:198 [ref. 22700], Knapp 1999:2386 [ref. 24807], Ataur Rahman 2003:342 [ref. 31338], Paxton et al. 2006:939 [ref. 29079], Imamura 2008:399 [ref. 29892], Gomon 2008:517 [ref. 30616], Imamura 2009:75 [ref. 30434], Imamura & Knapp 2009:57 [ref. 30532], Coad 2010:261 [ref. 36620], Imamura 2011:393 [ref. 31625], Imamura 2013:112 [ref. 33646], Imamura 2013:183 [ref. 33094], Kottelat 2013:318 [ref. 32989], Imamura 2015:153 [ref. 33640], Motomura et al. 2017:73 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:140 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:59 [ref. 36273]). Current status: Valid as Platycephalus Bloch 1795. Platycephalidae.

Ratabulus Jordan [D. S.] & Hubbs [C. L.] 1925:286 Masc. Thysanophrys megacephalus Tanaka 1917. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Spelled Rutabulus on p. 96; first reviser Imamura & Gomon 2010:20 [ref. 31104] if not established earlier. •Valid as Ratabulus Jordan & Hubbs 1925 -- (Ochiai in Masuda et al. 1984:322 [ref. 6441], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:155 [ref. 15964], Paxton et al. 1989:470 [ref. 12442], Imamura 1996:201 [ref. 22700], Knapp 1999:2388 [ref. 24807], Paxton et al. 2006:944 [ref. 29079], Imamura & Gomon 2010:20 [ref. 31104]). Current status: Valid as Ratabulus Jordan & Hubbs 1925. Platycephalidae.

Repotrudis (subgenus of Suggrundus) Whitley [G. P.] 1930:27 Fem. Platycephalus macracanthus Bleeker 1869. Type by original designation (also monotypic). As a subgenus, but somewhat unclear under which genus Repotrudis was proposed. •Synonym of Suggrundus Whitley 1930 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:471 [ref. 12442] based on placement of the type species, Imamura 1996:208 [ref. 22700] as Lepotrudis). •Synonym of Suggrundus Whitley 1930, but a valid subgenus as described -- (Prokofiev 2019:238 [ref. 37245]). •Synonym of Insidiator Jordan & Snyder 1900 -- (Imamura & Hoese 2020:[3] [ref. 37448]). Current status: Synonym of Insidiator Jordan & Snyder 1900. Platycephalidae.

Rogadius Jordan [D. S.] & Richardson [R. E.] 1908:630 Masc. Platycephalus asper Cuvier 1829. Type by original designation. •Valid as Rogadius Jordan & Richardson 1908 -- (Knapp 1979:48 [ref. 14196], Ochiai in Masuda et al. 1984:321 [ref. 6441], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:142 [ref. 15964], Paxton et al. 1989:470 [ref. 12442], Imamura & Amaoka 1996:97 [ref. 22119], Imamura 1996:216 [ref. 22700], Knapp 1999:2388 [ref. 24807], Paxton et al. 2006:944 [ref. 29079], Imamura 2007:303 [ref. 29242], Imamura 2009:76 [ref. 30434], Knapp 2012:61 [ref. 31852], Motomura et al. 2017:74 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:140 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:59 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:108 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Rogadius Jordan & Richardson 1908. Platycephalidae.

Seychelliceps Prokofiev [A. M.] 2019:234 Masc. Platycephalus cooperi Regan 1908. Type by original designation (and monotypic). •Synonym of Insidiator Jordan & Snyder 1900 -- (Imamura & Hoese 2020:[4] [ref. 37448]). Current status: Synonym of Insidiator Jordan & Snyder 1900. Platycephalidae.

Solitas Imamura [H.] 1996:212 Fem. Platycephalus gruveli Pellegrin 1905. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Solitas Imamura 1996. Current status: Valid as Solitas Imamura 1996. Platycephalidae.

Sorsogona Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1934:67 Fem. Sorsogona serrulata Herre 1934. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Sorsogona Herre 1934 -- (Knapp 1979:50 [ref. 14196], Knapp 1986:484 [ref. 5683], Paxton et al. 1989:470 [ref. 12442], Knapp 1999:2389 [ref. 24807], Paxton et al. 2006:945 [ref. 29079], Knapp & Heemstra 2011:75 [ref. 31327], Fricke et al. 2018:141 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:59 [ref. 36273]). •Synonym of Rogadius Jordan & Richardson 1908 -- (Imamura 1996:216 [ref. 22700]). •Synonym of Ratabulus Jordan & Hubbs 1925 -- (based on placement of type species). Current status: Synonym of Ratabulus Jordan & Hubbs 1925. Platycephalidae.

Suggrundus Whitley [G. P.] 1930:26 Masc. Platycephalus rudis Günther 1877. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Insidiator Amyot 1846 in Hemiptera, but this genus in unavailable (non-binominal, Opinion 686, 1963). Also not preoccupied by Insidiator Oken 1836 (Allgemeine Naturgeschichte für alle Stände, Band 6: p. 222), error for Sparus insidiator. •Valid as Suggrundus Whitley 1930 -- (Ochiai in Masuda et al. 1984:321 [ref. 6441], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:148 [ref. 15964], Paxton et al. 1989:471 [ref. 12442], Imamura 1996:208 [ref. 22700], Knapp 1999:2389 [ref. 24807], Paxton et al. 2006:945 [ref. 29079], Imamura 2009:76 [ref. 30434], Motomura et al. 2017:74 [ref. 35490], Prokofiev 2019:238 [ref. 37245]). •Synonym of Insidiator Jordan & Snyder 1900 -- (Imamura & Hoese 2020:[3] [ref. 37448]). Current status: Synonym of Insidiator Jordan & Snyder 1900. Platycephalidae.

Sunagocia Imamura [H.] 2003:302 Fem. Thysanophrys arenicola Schultz 1966. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Eurycephalus Imamura 1996, preoccupied in beetles by Eurycephalus Gray in Cuvier & Griffith 1832. •Valid as Sunagocia Imamura 2003 -- (Knapp & Imamura 2004:545 [ref. 28022], Paxton et al. 2006:946 [ref. 29079], Imamura 2009:77 [ref. 30434], Knapp & Randall 2013:97 [ref. 32932], Fricke et al. 2018:141 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Valid as Sunagocia Imamura 2003. Platycephalidae.

Thysanophrys Ogilby [J. D.] 1898:40 Fem. Platycephalus cirronasus Richardson 1848. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Thysanophrys Ogilby 1898 -- (Hureau 1973:592 [ref. 7197], Ochiai in Masuda et al. 1984:322 [ref. 6441], Knapp 1986:485 [ref. 5683], Paxton et al. 1989:471 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:523 [ref. 22532], Imamura et al. 1995:277 [ref. 22177], Imamura 1996:211 [ref. 22700], Imamura & Knapp 1999:179 [ref. 23886], Knapp 1999:2389 [ref. 24807], Paxton et al. 2006:947 [ref. 29079], Imamura 2009:77 [ref. 30434], Gomon 2008:521 [ref. 30616], Knapp 2013:127 [ref. 32395], Fricke et al. 2018:141 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:59 [ref. 36273], Prokofiev 2019:237 [ref. 37245]). Current status: Valid as Thysanophrys Ogilby 1898. Platycephalidae.

Trudis Whitley [G. P.] 1931:327 Fem. Platycephalus bassensis Cuvier 1829. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Platycephalus Bloch 1795 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:468 [ref. 12442] based on placement of the type species, Imamura 1996:198 [ref. 22700], Kottelat 2013:318 [ref. 32989], Imamura 2015:153 [ref. 33640]). Current status: Synonym of Platycephalus Bloch 1795. Platycephalidae.

Wakiyus Jordan [D. S.] & Hubbs [C. L.] 1925:286 Masc. Platycephalus spinosus Temminck & Schlegel 1843. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Onigocia Jordan & Thompson 1913 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:467 [ref. 12442] based on placement of the type species, Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:143 [ref. 15964], Imamura 1996:214 [ref. 22700], Knapp et al. 2000:1 [ref. 26638]). Current status: Synonym of Onigocia Jordan & Thompson 1913. Platycephalidae.