rodericensis, Platycephalus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:253 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 4; ref. 998] Réunion, western Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-6838. Paralectotypes: MNHN 1992-0002 [ex MNHN 0000-6838] (1). Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1968:46 [ref. 20738]. Lectotype established by Sauvage 1873 and locality probably in error (see Knapp 1992:389 [ref. 22825]). •Valid as Suggrundus rodericensis (Cuvier 1829) -- (Shao & Chen 1987:82 [ref. 8042], Paxton et al. 1989:471 [ref. 12442], Knapp 1992:390 [ref. 22825], Krishnan & Mishra 1993:221 [ref. 24016]). •Valid as Platycephalus rodericensis Cuvier 1829 -- (Mohsin & Ambak 1996:576 [ref. 27969] with authors as Cuvier & Valenciennes). •Valid as Kumococius rodericensis (Cuvier 1829) -- (Randall 1995:117 [ref. 22896], Imamura 1996:205 [ref. 22700], Carpenter et al. 1997:140 [ref. 23922], Chen et al. 1997:173 [ref. 26476], Fricke 1999:170 [ref. 24106], Knapp 1999:2403 [ref. 24807], Nakabo 2000:618 [ref. 25086], Knapp in Randall & Lim 2000:608 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:28 [ref. 25847], Shinohara et al. 2001:318 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:618 [ref. 26001], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S103 [ref. 27377], Heemstra 2004:3337 [ref. 27945], Paxton et al. 2006:937 [ref. 29079], Fricke et al. 2009:42 [ref. 30213], Larson et al. 2013:90 [ref. 32988], Yoshida et al. 2013:90 [ref. 34464], Psomadakis et al. 2015:191 [ref. 34104], Imamura in Kimura et al. 2018:87 [ref. 36460], Eagderi et al. 2019:126 [ref. 37020], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 29 [ref. 38321], Psomadakis et al. 2020:375 [ref. 37272], Knapp 2022:586 [ref. 39727], Moazzam & Osmany 2023:568 [ref. 40712], Vilasri et al. 2023:77 [ref. 40764]). Current status: Valid as Kumococius rodericensis (Cuvier 1829). Platycephalidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Philippines, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.