Platychoerops Klunzinger [C. B.] 1879:255 Masc. Platychoerops muelleri Klunzinger 1879. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Also appeared in Klunzinger 1880:399 [ref. 2624]. Misspelled Platychaerops by Jordan 1919:404 [ref. 4904]. Species originally spelled mülleri, correction mandatory. On Official Index as a junior homonym of Platychoerops Charlesworth 1855 in mammals (Opinion 1123). •In the synonymy of Achoerodus Gill 1863 -- (Gomon 1997:800 [ref. 23083], Parenti & Randall 2000:3 [ref. 24943]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Achoerodus Gill 1863. Labridae.