spinosus, Platycephalus Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1843:40, Pl. 16 (figs. 1-2) [Fauna Japonica Parts 2-4; ref. 4371] Nagasaki, Japan. Lectotype: RMNH 567a. Paralectotypes: RMNH 567b-g (6). Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:51 [ref. 12876]. •Valid as Onigocia spinosa (Temminck & Schegel 1843) -- (Ochiai in Masuda et al. 1984:321 [ref. 6441], Shao & Chen 1987:81 [ref. 8042], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:148 [ref. 15964], Allen & Swainston 1988:52 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:467 [ref. 12442], Imamura 1996:214 [ref. 22700], Allen 1997:80 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:98 [ref. 25488], Hirota & Sasaki 1998:294 [ref. 23493], Lee & Joo 1998:218 [ref. 25739], Knapp 1999:2406 [ref. 24807], Nakabo 2000:620 [ref. 25086], Knapp in Randall & Lim 2000:608 [ref. 25122], Knapp et al. 2000:6 [ref. 26638], Nakabo 2002:620 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:258, 570 [ref. 26218], Allen & Adrim 2003:21 [ref. 26830] with author as Günther, Shinohara et al. 2005:428 [ref. 28370] dated 1844, Imamura et al. 2006:296 [ref. 28670], Paxton et al. 2006:939 [ref. 29079], Imamura & McGrouther 2008:239 [ref. 29804], Imamura & Knapp 2009:27 [ref. 30054], Imamura 2011:58 [ref. 31573], Allen & Erdmann 2012:255 [ref. 31980], Imamura 2012:30 [ref. 32157], Larson et al. 2013:91 [ref. 32988] dated 1843, Imamura 2016:157 [ref. 35406], Imamura in Kimura et al. 2018:88 [ref. 36460], Fricke et al. 2019:108 [ref. 36673], Kim et al. 2020:99 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:50 [ref. 37637], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:131 [ref. 41223], Allen & Erdmann 2024:273 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Onigocia spinosa (Temminck & Schlegel 1843). Platycephalidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Indonesia east to Philippines and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to southern Sea of Japan (Korea, Japan), south to northern Western Australia. Habitat: marine.