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Species in the genus Cymbacephalus: [ 6 ] records

beauforti, Platycephalus (Cymbacephalus) Knapp [L. W.] 1973:119, Fig. 1 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 86 (no. 10); ref. 7571] Off Urukthapel Island, Palau Islands, Garamejo region, Ngaremedin District, Pacific, 7°15'15"N, 134°26'51"E. Holotype: CAS 15768. Paratypes: BMNH 1972.12.5.13 (1); BPBM 9641 (1); CAS 15745-61 (1, 1, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1, 2), 15763-67 (1, 2, 1, 1, 1); USNM 208427 (1). •Valid as Cymbacephalus beauforti (Knapp 1973) -- (Imamura 1996:204 [ref. 22700], Myers 1999:104 [ref. 23965], Knapp 1999:2394 [ref. 24807], Nakabo 2000:617 [ref. 25086], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:173 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:97 [ref. 25868], Nakabo 2002:617 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:30 [ref. 26830], Randall 2005:132 [ref. 28239], Shao et al. 2008:247 [ref. 29952], Fricke et al. 2011:382 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:254 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:56 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:107 [ref. 36673], Imamura 2020:[5] [ref. 37798]). Current status: Valid as Cymbacephalus beauforti (Knapp 1973). Platycephalidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia east to Palau and Yap (Micronesia), north to Ryukyu Islands, south to New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

bosschei, Platycephalus Bleeker [P.] 1860:140 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 21; ref. 16987] Muntok, Bangka, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Misprinted bosscheis on p. 140, correctly as bosschei on p. 138. •Valid as Suggrundus bosschei (Bleeker 1860) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:471 [ref. 12442], Larson & Williams 1997:354 [ref. 23967], Kuiter 1997:98 [ref. 25488]). •Valid as Inegocia bosschei (Bleeker 1860) -- (Imamura 1996:207 [ref. 22700], Knapp in Randall & Lim 2000:608 [ref. 25122], Imamura et al. 2006:294 [ref. 28670]). •Valid as Papilloculiceps bosschei (Bleeker 1860) -- (authors). •Valid as Levanaora bosschei (Bleeker 1860) -- (Johnson 1999:729 [ref. 25471]). •Valid as Cymbacephalus bosschei (Bleeker 1860) -- (Knapp 1999:2395 [ref. 24807], Hutchins 2001:28 [ref. 25847], Allen & Adrim 2003:30 [ref. 26830], Paxton et al. 2006:935 [ref. 29079], Imamura 2010:26 [ref. 30804], Allen & Erdmann 2012:254 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:89 [ref. 32988], Imamura 2020:[5] [ref. 37798]). Current status: Valid as Cymbacephalus bosschei (Bleeker 1860). Platycephalidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Singapore and Indonesia east to southern Papua New Guinea, north to Philippines, south to Exmouth Gulf (Western Australia) and One Tree Island (Queensland). Habitat: marine.

muelleri, Platycephalus Klunzinger [C. B.] 1879:255 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 16 (no. 22); ref. 18913] Port Denison, Queensland, Australia. Holotype (unique): SMNS 1880. Type catalog: Fricke 1992:15 [ref. 20296], Fricke 2005:54 [ref. 29864]. Name appeared as Mülleri in original. Also appeared in Klunzinger 1880:368 [44 of separate], Pl. 4 (fig. 2) [ref. 2624]. •Synonym of Suggrundus bosschei (Bleeker 1860) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:471 [ref. 12442]). •Synonym of Cymbacephalus bosschei (Bleeker 1860) -- (Paxton et al. 2006:935 [ref. 29079]). Current status: Synonym of Cymbacephalus bosschei (Bleeker 1860). Platycephalidae. Habitat: marine.

nematophthalmus, Platycephalus Günther [A.] 1860:184 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 2; ref. 1963] Victoria River and Port Essington, Australia. Syntypes: BMNH 1855.9.19.96 (1), 1858.12.27.28 (1, stuffed). •Valid as Papilloculiceps nematophthalmus (Günther 1860) -- (Allen 1997:80 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:353 [ref. 23967]). •Valid as Cymbacephalus nematophthalmus (Günther 1860) -- (Allen & Swainston 1988:52 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:466 [ref. 12442], Imamura 1996:204 [ref. 22700], Knapp 1999:2396 [ref. 24807], Johnson 1999:728 [ref. 25471], Knapp in Randall & Lim 2000:607 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:28 [ref. 25847], Allen & Adrim 2003:30 [ref. 26830], Paxton et al. 2006:935 [ref. 29079], Fricke et al. 2011:382 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:255 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:89 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:317 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2014:56 [ref. 33932], Imamura in Kimura et al. 2015:31 [ref. 34319], Motomura et al. 2017:72 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2019:107 [ref. 36673], Imamura 2020:[4] [ref. 37798]). Current status: Valid as Cymbacephalus nematophthalmus (Günther 1860). Platycephalidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Malaysia and Indonesia east to Philippines and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), south to Shark Bay (Western Australia) and northern New South Wales (Australia). Habitat: brackish, marine.

parilis, Insidiator McCulloch [A. R.] 1914:151, Fig. 14, Pl. 31 (fig. 2) [Biological Results Endeavour v. 2 (pt 3); ref. 2940] Darwin, and Mapoon, Gulf of Carpenteria, Northern Territory, Australia. Syntypes: (3) AMS I.5279 (1), I.6122 (1). •Synonym of Suggrundus staigeri (Castelnau 1875) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:471 [ref. 12442] but possibly valid, Larson & Williams 1997:354 [ref. 23967]). •Synonym of Cymbacephalus staigeri (Castelnau 1857) -- (Knapp 1999:2397 [ref. 24807]). •Valid as Cymbacephalus parilis (McCulloch 1914) -- (Imamura 2020:[4] [ref. 37798], Imamura & Hoese 2023:[5] [ref. 40531]). Current status: Valid as Cymbacephalus parilis McCulloch 1914. Platycephalidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, southwestern Pacific: Shark Bay (Western Australia) around northern Australia to Brisbane (Queensland); Gulf (Papua New Guinea). Habitat: marine.

staigeri, Platycephalus Castelnau [F. L.] 1875:17 [Official Record, containing Introduction, Catalogues, Official Awards of the Commissioners, Report and Recommendations of the Experts, and Essays and Statistics on the Social and Economic Resources of the Colony of Victoria.; ref. 768] Queensland, Australia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Valid as Platycephalus staigeri Castelnau 1875 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:471 [ref. 12442] but possibly a synonym of Platycephalus nematophthalmus Günther 1860). •Valid as Suggrundus staigeri (Castelnau 1875) -- (Larson & Williams 1997:354 [ref. 23967], Hutchins 2001:29 [ref. 25847]). •Valid as Cymbacephalus staigeri (Castelnau 1875) -- (Imamura 1996:204 [ref. 22700], Knapp 1999:2397 [ref. 24807], Johnson 1999:728 [ref. 25471], Paxton et al. 2006:936 [ref. 29079], Fricke et al. 2011:382 [ref. 31242], Larson et al. 2013:90 [ref. 32988]). •Synonym of Cymbacephalus nematophthalmus (Günther 1860) -- (Imamura 2020:[4] [ref. 37798]). Current status: Synonym of Cymbacephalus nematophthalmus (Günther 1860). Platycephalidae. Habitat: marine.