Platytroctes Günther [A.] 1878:249 Masc. Platytroctes apus Günther 1878. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Platytroctes Günther 1878 -- (Krefft 1973:98 [ref. 7166], Quéro et al. in Whitehead et al. 1984:264 [ref. 13675], Sazonov 1986 [ref. 6003], Matsui & Rosenblatt 1987:102 [ref. 10670], Paxton et al. 1989:213 [ref. 12442], Sazanov 1999:1895 [ref. 24740], Carter & Hartel 2003:879 [ref. 27000], Paxton et al. 2006:382 [ref. 28995], Williams & Stewart 2015:352 [ref. 34243], Robertson et al. 2017:42 [ref. 35676]). Current status: Valid as Platytroctes Günther 1878. Platytroctidae.