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Species in the genus Ratabulus: [ 15 ] records

diversidens, Insidiator McCulloch [A. R.] 1914:148, Fig. 13; Pl. 31 (fig. 1) [Biological Results Endeavour v. 2 (pt 3); ref. 2940] 11 kilometers northeast of Port Stephens Lighthouse, New South Wales, Australia, depth 48 fathoms. Lectotype: AMS E.2103. Paralectotypes: AMS E.1566 (1), I.11254 (1). Lectotype selected by Imamura & Gomon 2010:22 [ref. 31104] •Valid as Ratabulus diversidens (McCulloch 1914) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:470 [ref. 12442], Imamura 1996:201 [ref. 22700], Knapp 1999:2410 [ref. 24807] as diversidans, Hutchins 2001:28 [ref. 25847], Paxton et al. 2006:944 [ref. 29079], Imamura & Gomon 2010:22 [ref. 31104], Sonoyama et al. 2020:50 [ref. 37637], Imamura & Hoese 2023:[5] [ref. 40531]). Current status: Valid as Ratabulus diversidens (McCulloch 1914). Platycephalidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Queensland to Victoria (eastern Australia); ?southern Sea of Japan. Habitat: marine.

fulviguttatus, Ratabulus Imamura [H.] & Gomon [M. F.] 2010:29, Figs. 2c, 3c, 4c,5c, 6c, 8c [Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria v. 67; ref. 31104] North of Cape Lambert, 18°57'S, 117°14'E, Western Australia, Australia. Holotype: CSIRO H4031-79. Paratypes: many at AMS, CSIRO. WAM. Plus non-types and other material. •Valid as Ratabulus fulviguttatus Imamura & Gomon 2010 -- (Larson et al. 2013:92 [ref. 32988]). Current status: Valid as Ratabulus fulviguttatus Imamura & Gomon 2010. Platycephalidae. Distribution: Northwestern Australia: Northern Territory and Western Australia. Habitat: marine.

heterolepis, Platycephalus Barnard [K. H.] 1927:77 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9) v. 20 (no. 115) (art. 8); ref. 193] Inhaca Island, Mozambique, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): SAM 12360. Also appeared as new in Barnard 1927:934, Pl. 34 (fig. 2) [ref. 194]. •Synonym of Sorsogona prionota (Sauvage 1873) -- (Knapp 1979:50 [ref. 14196], Knapp 1986:484 [ref. 5683]). •Synonym of Ratabulus prionotus (Sauvage 1873). Current status: Synonym of Ratabulus prionotus (Sauvage 1873). Platycephalidae. Habitat: marine.

humerosa, Sorsogona Knapp [L. W.] & Heemstra [P. C.] 2011:76, Figs. 1-3 [Smithiana, Publications in Aquatic Biodiversity, Bulletin No. 13; ref. 31327] Mosambique, 18°26.1' to 18°27.7'S, 37°20.9' to 37°20'E, depth 95-97 meters. Holotype: SAIAB 82423. Paratypes: SAIAB 96784 (1), USNM 340509 (2). •Valid as Sorsogona humerosa Knapp & Heemstra 2011 -- (Knapp 2022:592 [ref. 39727]). •Valid as Ratabulus humerosus (Knapp & Heemstra 2011). Current status: Valid as Ratabulus humerosus (Knapp & Heemstra 2011). Platycephalidae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Mozambique and Somalia. Habitat: marine.

megacephalus, Thysanophrys Tanaka [S.] 1917:11 [Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo v. 29 (no. 339); ref. 4329] Fish market in Tokyo, Japan. Holotype (unique): ZUMT (lost or never at ZUMT). •Synonym of Ratabulus diveridens (McCulloch 1914) -- (Knapp 1999:2410 [ref. 24807] as diversidans). •Valid as Ratabulus megacephalus (Tanaka 1917) -- (Ochiai in Masuda et al. 1984:322 [ref. 6441], Yatou in Okamura et al. 1985:599, 729 [ref. 8056], Shao & Chen 1987:86 [ref. 8042], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:155 [ref. 15964], Imamura 1996:201 [ref. 22700], Lee & Joo 1998:219 [ref. 25739], Nakabo 2000:618 [ref. 25086], Knapp in Randall & Lim 2000:608 [ref. 25122], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:69 [ref. 25480], Shinohara et al. 2001:318 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:618 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:258, 570 [ref. 26218], Imamura & Gomon 2010:19 [ref. 31104]). Current status: Valid as Ratabulus megacephalus (Tanaka 1917). Platycephalidae. Distribution: Western North Pacific: Japan to South China Sea to Philippines. Habitat: marine.

melanoptera, Sorsogona Knapp [L. W.] & Wongratana [T.] 1987:381, Fig. 1 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 100 (no. 2); ref. 9158] About 3.2 kilometers off Cochin, India, depth 14-38 meters. Holotype: USNM 280331. Paratypes: ANSP 158798 (1); BPBM 27695 (3); CAS 58595 (1); CUB 2528.2.9.7 (1); USNM 223751 (1), 280332-43 (1, 3, 1, 2, 2, 1, 4, 8, 1, 3, 11, 8), 280362-63 (31, 35); ZMH 5302 (6). The specific name is mostly treated in fishes as an adjective. •Valid as Rogadius melanopterus (Knapp & Wongratana 1987) -- (Imamura 1996:216 [ref. 22700], Imamura 2007:303 [ref. 29242], Psomadakis et al. 2020:376 [ref. 37272]). •Valid as Sorsogona melanoptera Knapp & Wongratana 1987 -- (Krishnan & Mishra 1993:220 [ref. 24016], Randall 1995:118 [ref. 22896], Mishra & Srinivasan 1999:242 [ref. 24754], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S103 [ref. 27377], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:27 [ref. 27712], Knapp & Heemstra 2011:75 [ref. 31327], Psomadakis et al. 2015:193 [ref. 34104], Knapp 2022:592 [ref. 39727]). •Valid as Ratabulus melanopterus (Knapp & Wongratana 1987) -- (Moazzam & Osmany 2023:570 [ref. 40712]). Current status: Valid as Ratabulus melanopterus (Knapp & Wongratana 1987). Platycephalidae. Distribution: Northern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Oman east to Andaman Sea coast of Thailand. Habitat: marine.

nigripinnis, Platycephalus Regan [C. T.] 1905:322, Pl. 1(A) (fig. 2) [Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society v. 16; ref. 15386] Muscat, Oman, Gulf of Oman, Arabian Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean, depth 15-30 fathoms. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1904.5.25.145. •Valid as Rogadius nigripinnis (Regan 1905) -- (Knapp 1979:49 [ref. 14196], Imamura 1996:216 [ref. 22700], Imamura 2007:303 [ref. 29242]). •Valid as Sorsogona nigripinna (Regan 1905) -- (Randall 1995:118 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:578 [ref. 27969], Knapp & Heemstra 2011:75 [ref. 31327], Knapp 2022:593 [ref. 39727]). •Valid as Ratabulus nigripinnis (Regan 1905) -- (Moazzam & Osmany 2023:571 [ref. 40712]). Current status: Valid as Ratabulus nigripinnis (Regan 1905). Platycephalidae. Distribution: Northwestern Indian Ocean: Somalia and Gulf of Aden to Gulf of Oman. Habitat: marine.

portuguesus, Thysanophrys Smith [J. L. B.] 1953:17, Pl. 1 (fig. 3) [Memorias do Museu Dr. Alvaro de Castro No. 2; ref. 4087] Mozambique Channel, near Lorenço Marques, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 110. •Valid as Grammoplites portugesus (Smith 1953) -- (Knapp 1986:483 [ref. 5683], Imamura & Amaoka 1994:177 [ref. 21442]). •Valid as Rogadius portuguesus (Smith 1953) -- (Imamura 1996:202 [ref. 22700], Imamura 1996:216 [ref. 22700], Imamura 2007:303 [ref. 29242]). •Valid as Sorsogona portuguesa (Smith 1953) -- (Knapp & Heemstra 2011:75 [ref. 31327], Fricke et al. 2018:141 [ref. 35805], Knapp 2022:593 [ref. 39727]). •Valid as Ratabulus portuguesus (Smith 1953). Current status: Valid as Ratabulus portuguesus (Smith 1953). Platycephalidae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) and Mozambique to southern Madagascar. Habitat: marine.

prionotus, Platycephalus Sauvage [H.-E.] 1873:57 [Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 9 (pt 2, Bulletin); ref. 18661] Red Sea? (is possibly Madagascar). Holotype (unique): MNHN A-2338. •Valid as Rogadius prionotus (Sauvage 1873) -- (Imamura 1996:216 [ref. 22700], Fricke 1999:171 [ref. 24106], Imamura 2007:303 [ref. 29242]). •Valid as Sorsogona prionota (Sauvage 1873) -- (Knapp 1979:50 [ref. 14196], Dor 1984:91 [ref. 29757], Knapp 1986:484 [ref. 5683], Golani & Ben-Tuvia 1990:59 [ref. 15617], Goren & Dor 1994:23 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:119 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:141 [ref. 23922], Golani 1998:97 [ref. 27567], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S103 [ref. 27377], Golani 2005:34 [ref. 37112], Knapp & Heemstra 2011:75 [ref. 31327], Bogorodsky et al. 2014:415 [ref. 33460], Psomadakis et al. 2015:193 [ref. 34104], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[20] 258 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:59 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:127 [ref. 37020], Golani 2021:38 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:73 [ref. 39014], Knapp 2022:593 [ref. 39727]). •Valid as Ratabulus prionotus (Sauvage 1873) -- (Moazzam & Osmany 2023:572 [ref. 40712]). Current status: Valid as Ratabulus prionotus (Sauvage 1873). Platycephalidae. Distribution: Red Sea; western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf and Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to Pakistan; Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant). Habitat: marine.

serrulata, Sorsogona Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1934:67 [Notes on fishes in the Zoological Museum of Stanford University. 1. The fishes of the Herre Philippine expedition of 1931.; ref. 2108] Magallanes, Sorsogon Province, Luzon Island, Philippines. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 26771. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:125 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Rogadius tuberculatus (Cuvier 1829) -- (Imamura et al. 2006:298 [ref. 28670]). •Synonym of Sorsogona tuberculata (Cuvier 1829). •Synonym of Ratabulus tuberculatus (Cuvier 1829). Current status: Synonym of Ratabulus tuberculatus (Cuvier 1829). Platycephalidae. Habitat: marine.

subfasciatus, Platycephalus Günther [A.] 1887:551, Pl. 49 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1887 (pt 3) (art. 8) (for 23 June 1887); ref. 2014] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1886.2.5.7. •Synonym of Rogadius prionotus (Sauvage 1873) -- (Fricke 1999:171 [ref. 24106]). •Synonym of Sorsogona prionota (Sauvage 1873). •Synonym of Ratabulus prionotus (Sauvage 1873). Current status: Synonym of Ratabulus prionotus (Sauvage 1873). Platycephalidae. Habitat: marine.

suggrundus, Suggrundus tuberculatus Whitley [G. P.] 1933:96 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 19 (no. 1); ref. 4677] Platypus Bay, Queensland, Australia. Holotype: AMS E.2888. Based on specimens identified as Insidiator tuberculatus in McCulloch 1914:138, 142, Pl. 29 (fig. 10) [ref. 2940]. •Synonym of Sorsogona tuberculata (Cuvier 1829) -- (Paxton et al. 1989:470 [ref. 12442]). •Synonym of Ratabulus tuberculatus (Cuvier 1829). Current status: Synonym of Ratabulus tuberculatus (Cuvier 1829). Platycephalidae. Habitat: marine.

townsendi, Platycephalus Regan [C. T.] 1905:323, Pl. 1(A) (fig. 1) [Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society v. 16; ref. 15386] Karachi, Pakistan; Muscat, Oman, Gulf of Oman. Syntypes: BMNH 1904.5.25.130 (1), 1904.5.25.146 (1). •Synonym of Sorsogona prionota (Sauvage 1873) -- (Knapp 1979:50 [ref. 14196], Dor 1984:91 [ref. 29757], Knapp 1986:484 [ref. 5683], Randall 1995:119 [ref. 22896]). •Synonym of Ratabulus prionotus (Sauvage 1873). Current status: Synonym of Ratabulus prionotus (Sauvage 1873). Platycephalidae. Habitat: marine.

tuberculatus, Platycephalus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:258 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 4; ref. 998] Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-6858 (2). Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1968:47 [ref. 20738]. •Valid as Onigocia tuberculatus (Cuvier 1829) -- (Shao & Chen 1987:81 [ref. 8042]). •Valid as Rogadius tuberculatus (Cuvier 1829) -- (Imamura 1996:216 [ref. 22700], Allen 1997:80 [ref. 23977], Sakashita et al. 2003:67 [ref. 26919], Imamura et al. 2006:298 [ref. 28670], Imamura 2007:303 [ref. 29242], Yoshida et al. 2013:91 [ref. 34464], Motomura et al. 2017:74 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:141 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:59 [ref. 36273], Imamura in Kimura et al. 2018:90 [ref. 36460], Eagderi et al. 2019:127 [ref. 37020], Psomadakis et al. 2020:377 [ref. 37272]). •Valid as Sorsogona tuberculata (Cuvier 1829) -- (Allen & Swainston 1988:52 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:470 [ref. 12442], Krishnan & Mishra 1993:221 [ref. 24016], Randall 1995:119 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:141 [ref. 23922], Chen et al. 1997:172 [ref. 26476] as tuberculatus, Knapp 1999:2415 [ref. 24807], Johnson 1999:729 [ref. 25471], Knapp in Randall & Lim 2000:608 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:28 [ref. 25847], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S103 [ref. 27377], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:27 [ref. 27712], Knapp & Heemstra 2011:75 [ref. 31327], Larson et al. 2013:92 [ref. 32988], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 29 [ref. 38321], Knapp 2022:594 [ref. 39727]). •Valid as Ratabulus tuberculatus (Cuvier 1829) -- (Moazzam & Osmany 2023:572 [ref. 40712]). Current status: Valid as Ratabulus tuberculatus (Cuvier 1829). Platycephalidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf, Madagascar and Maldives east to Philippines, north to northern Vietnam and southern China, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.

ventralis, Ratabulus Imamura [H.] & Gomon [M. F.] 2010:31, Figs. 2d, 3d, 4d, 5d, 6d [Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria v. 67; ref. 31104] East of Townsville, 18°39.3'S, 147°59.5'E, Queensland, Australia. Holotype: CSIRO H6116-02. Paratypes: AMS, CSIRO, QM. •Valid as Ratabulus ventralis Imamura & Gomon 2010. Current status: Valid as Ratabulus ventralis Imamura & Gomon 2010. Platycephalidae. Distribution: Northeastern Australia: Queensland. Habitat: marine.