heemstrai, Cociella Knapp [L. W.] 1996:27, Figs. 6-7 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 109 (no. 1); ref. 22010] Kenya, western Indian Ocean, 2°38'S, 40°28'E, depth 280 meters. Holotype: USNM 326281 [ex SAIAB 13761]. Paratypes: ANSP 54935 (2), 77598 (1), 77600 (1); BMNH 1919.4.1.33 (1), 1922.2.9.29 (1); MNHN B-2887 (4), 1994-0504 (1); RMNH 25144 (1); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 1510 (2), 10516 (1), 16492 (2), 36880 (3), 39859 (5); SAM 10035 (1), 10514 (2), 10822 (1), 11876-77 (3, 1), 16725 (1), 26023 (1); CAS-SU 69736 (1); USNM 303749 (4), 326292-97 (3, 8, 11, 2, 1, 1). •Valid as Cociella heemstrai Knapp 1996 -- (Imamura 1996:203 [ref. 22700], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:149 [ref. 28072], Fricke et al. 2018:139 [ref. 35805], Imamura & Aungtonya 2020:28 [ref. 38146], Knapp 2022:583 [ref. 39727], Moazzam & Osmany 2023:562 [ref. 40712]). Current status: Valid as Cociella heemstrai Knapp 1996. Platycephalidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-Western Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros and Madagascar east to Solomon Islands, north to southern Japan, south to New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.