westraliae, Trudis bassensis Whitley [G. P.] 1938:199 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 20 (no. 3); ref. 4692] Swan River estuary, Western Australia, Australia. Holotype: AMS IA.7189. Paratypes: AMS IA.7190 (1). •Synonym of Platycephalus bassensis Cuvier 1829 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:468 [ref. 12442], Paxton et al. 2006:940 [ref. 29079]). •Valid as Platycephalus westraliae (Whitley 1938) -- (Imamura 2008:404-405 [ref. 29892], Imamura 2012:119 [ref. 33646], Larson et al. 2013:91 [ref. 32988], Imamura 2013:282 [ref. 33362], Imamura 2015:194 [ref. 33640], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:131 [ref. 41223]). Current status: Valid as Platycephalus westraliae (Whitley 1938). Platycephalidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Java (Indonesia), east to Papua New Guinea, south to Fremantle (Western Australia) and New South Wales. Habitat: marine.