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Species in the genus Insidiator: [ 6 ] records

cooperi, Platycephalus Regan [C. T.] 1908:238, Pl. 29 (fig. 5) [The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Second Series. Zoology v. 12 (pt 3); ref. 3634] Western Indian Ocean, depth 20-30 fathoms. Syntypes: BMNH 1908.3.23.198-203 (6), 1908.3.23.204 (1). •Valid as Suggrundus cooperi (Regan 1908) -- (Imamura 1996:209 [ref. 22700], Imamura et al. 2019:20 [ref. 36722], Knapp 2022:595 [ref. 39727]). •Valid as Seychelliceps cooperi (Regan 1908) -- (Prokofiev 2019:236 [ref. 37245]). •Valid as Insidiator cooperi (Regan 1908) -- (Imamura & Hoese 2020:[3] [ref. 37448]). Current status: Valid as Insidiator cooperi (Regan 1908). Platycephalidae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Amirantes (Seychelles), Seychelles, Saya de Malha Bank, Saint Brandon's Shoals (Cargados Carajos). Habitat: marine.

haploblepharis, Thysanophrys Prokofiev [A. M.] 2017:646, Figs. 3c-g [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 57 (no. 6); ref. 35721] 04°59'3S, 55°33'6E, depth 43-45 meters. Holotype (unique): ZMMU 23252. •Synonym of Suggrundus cooperi (Regan 1908) -- (Imamura et al. 2019:20 [ref. 36722]). •Synonym of Seychelliceps cooperi (Regan 1908) -- (Prokofiev 2019:235 [ref. 37245]). •Valid as Insidiator cooperi (Regan 1908). Current status: Synonym of Insidiator cooperi (Regan 1908). Platycephalidae. Habitat: marine.

macracanthus, Platycephalus Bleeker [P.] 1869:253, Pl. [Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Ser. 2) v. 3; ref. 17067] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: RMNH 5924 (2) [or holotype 123 mm and non-type]. Misspelled macracantibus in Bleeker 1879:22 [ref. 17122]. •Valid as Suggrundus macracanthus (Bleeker 1869) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:471 [ref. 12442], Imamura 1996:209 [ref. 22700] with holotype and non-type, Knapp 1999:2416 [ref. 24807], Knapp in Randall & Lim 2000:608 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:28 [ref. 25847], Paxton et al. 2006:945 [ref. 29079], Imamura 2009:76 [ref. 30434], Larson et al. 2013:92 [ref. 32988], Yoshida et al. 2013:92 [ref. 34464], Motomura et al. 2017:74 [ref. 35490], Imamura in Kimura et al. 2018:91 [ref. 36460], Prokofiev 2019:238 [ref. 37245] in subgenus Repotrudis, Psomadakis et al. 2020:377 [ref. 37272], Knapp 2022:595 [ref. 39727]). •Valid as Insidiator macracanthus (Bleeker 1869) -- (Imamura & Hoese 2020:[3] [ref. 37448], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:131 [ref. 41223], Moazzam & Osmany 2023:567 [ref. 40712], Vilasri et al. 2023:77 [ref. 40764]). Current status: Valid as Insidiator macracanthus (Bleeker 1869). Platycephalidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: southern India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar east to Philippines, north to Taiwan, south to Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.

meerdervoortii, Platycephalus Bleeker [P.] 1860:80, Pl. 1 (fig. 3) [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 8 (art. 1); ref. 374] Nagasaki, Japan. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Valid as Suggrundus meerdervoortii (Bleeker 1860) [sometimes as meerdervoorti] -- (Ochiai in Masuda et al. 1984:321 [ref. 6441], Shao & Chen 1987:82 [ref. 8042], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:150 [ref. 15964], Imamura et al. 1996 [ref. 22113], Imamura 1996:209 [ref. 22700], Lee & Joo 1998:220 [ref. 25739], Nakabo 2000:618 [ref. 25086], Knapp in Randall & Lim 2000:608 [ref. 25122], Shimizu 2001:27 [ref. 25799], Nakabo 2002:618 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:258, 571 [ref. 26218], Prokofiev 2019:238 [ref. 37245], Sonoyama et al. 2020:51 [ref. 37637]). •Valid as Insidiator meerdervoortii (Bleeker 1860) -- (Imamura & Hoese 2020:[3] [ref. 37448]). Current status: Valid as Insidiator meerdervoortii (Bleeker 1860). Platycephalidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

rudis, Platycephalus Günther [A.] 1877:436, Pl. 29 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4) v. 20 (no. 119) (art. 56); ref. 2009] Yokohama, Japan. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1879.5.14.221. Also described as new in Günther 1880:66, Pl. 29 (fig. B) [ref. 2011]. •Synonym of Suggrundus meerdervoortii (Bleeker 1860) -- (Prokofiev 2019:238 [ref. 37245]). •Synonym of Insidiator meerdervoortii (Bleeker 1860), Current status: Synonym of Insidiator meerdervoortii (Bleeker 1860). Platycephalidae. Habitat: marine.

sundaicus, Platycephalus Bleeker [P.] 1878:no p., Pl. 419 (fig. 4) [Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises v. 9; ref. 6835] Sumatra and Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: (2). Available from Pl. 419 as above; text in Bleeker 1879:18 [ref. 17122]. •Synonym of Suggrundus macracanthus (Bleeker 1869) -- (Knapp 1999:2416 [ref. 24807], Prokofiev 2019:238 [ref. 37245]). •Synonym of Insidiator macracanthus (Bleeker 1869). Current status: Synonym of Insidiator macracanthus (Bleeker 1869). Platycephalidae. Habitat: marine.