Platysome Liénard [E.] 1832:112, 214 Neut. Dules caudavittatus Cuvier 1829 (= Holocentrus caudavittatus Lacepède 1802). Type by monotypy. Appeared as "..., [species] as the type of a new genus...Platysome: it is evidently the Dules caudavittatus, ..." If regarded as available, then Platysoma Scudder 1882:268 [ref. 6462] is an unjustified emendation (and preoccupied); predates Kuhlia Gill 1861 but can be regarded as a nomen oblitum. An alternate view is that the type was not definitely referred and the description inadequate. The genus, if available, has not been used as a valid genus since its proposal, and it can be rejected on that basis. Platysoma and/or Platysome treated in the synonymy of Kuhlia Gill 1861 -- (Maugé 1986:306 [ref. 6218], Randall & Randall 2001:229 [ref. 25399]). Kottelat 2013:371 declared Platterome and Platysoma as nomen oblitum. Current status: Synonym of Kuhlia Gill 1861. Kuhliidae.