platycephala, Anguilla Kaup [J. J.] 1857:38, Pl. 5 (fig. 25) [Catalogue of the apodal fish in the collection of the British Museum; ref. 2573] Abbeville, France. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-3210 (1), 0000-5707 (now 4). Type catalog: Bauchot et al. 1993:97 [ref. 20810] with 3210 as holotype. Appeared first as name only in Kaup 1856:55 [ref. 2572]. •Synonym of Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Blache et al. 1973:221 [ref. 7185], Smith 1990:152 [ref. 13454], Tesch 1991:389 [ref. 24843] as platycephalo, Kottelat 1997:35 [ref. 22952], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:21 [ref. 37983]). Current status: Synonym of Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus 1758). Anguillidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.