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.