insidiator, Cottus Forsskål [P. S.] 1775:25, x [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] No locality stated (Red Sea). Holotype (unique): ZMUC P8012 (dry skin). Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:80 [ref. 9588]. Originally Cottus rogad; insidiator on p. 25, Cottus insidiator on p. x; apparently two names for the same taxon; first reviser not researched. Authorship according to Fricke 2008:25 [ref. 30182]. Holotype figured in Klausewitz & Nielsen 1965:Pl. 1 [ref. 20847]. •Synonym of Platycephalus indicus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Blanc & Hureau 1973:592 [ref. 7218], Dor 1984:90 [ref. 29757], Knapp 1986:484 [ref. 5683], Shao & Chen 1987:80 [ref. 8042], Ataur Rahman 2003:342 [ref. 31338], Fricke 2008:25 [ref. 30182], Kottelat 2013:318 [ref. 32989], Golani & Fricke 2018:59 [ref. 36273]). Current status: Synonym of Platycephalus indicus (Linnaeus 1758). Platycephalidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.