Species that contain: Cociella and punctata [ 7 ] records

clavulatus, Platycephalus Cantor [T. E.] 1849:1020 [38] [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 18 (pt 2); ref. 715] Sea of Penang, Malaysia. Holotype (unique): ?BMNH 1860.3.19.270. On p. 38 of separate. •Synonym of Cociella punctata (Cuvier 1829) -- (Nagao & Imamura 2015:130 [ref. 38908], Imamura & Aungtonya 2020:28 [ref. 38146]). Current status: Synonym of Cociella punctata (Cuvier 1829). Platycephalidae. Habitat: marine.

fasciatus, Platycephalus Günther [A.] 1872:397 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4) v. 10 (no. 59) (art. 56); ref. 18194] Manila Bay, Philippines. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1872.10.18.117. •Synonym of Cociella punctata (Cuvier 1829) -- (Knapp 1996:23 [ref. 22010], Imamura 2011:397 [ref. 31625], Kottelat 2013:317 [ref. 32989], Imamura & Aungtonya 2020:28 [ref. 38146]). Current status: Synonym of Cociella punctata (Cuvier 1829). Platycephalidae. Habitat: marine.

hunti, Suggrundus Fowler [H. W.] 1937:244, Figs. 249-250 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 89; ref. 1425] Rayong, Thailand. Holotype: ANSP 68247. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:142 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Cociella punctata (Cuvier 1829) -- (Knapp 1996:23 [ref. 22010], Kottelat 2013:317 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Cociella punctata (Cuvier 1829). Platycephalidae. Habitat: marine.

jacksoni, Grammoplites Fowler [H. W.] 1944:175, Figs. 25-26 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 96; ref. 1451] Vanuatu [New Hebrides]. Holotype (unique): ANSP 71382. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:143 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Cociella punctata (Cuvier 1829) -- (Knapp 1996:23 [ref. 22010], Kottelat 2013:317 [ref. 32989], Kottelat 2013:317 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Cociella punctata (Cuvier 1829). Platycephalidae. Habitat: marine.

malabaricus, Platycephalus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:245 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 4; ref. 998] Mahé, India. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-6848. Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1968:44 [ref. 20738]. •Synonym of Cociella crocodila (Cuvier 1829) with author as Tilesius 1812 -- (Knapp 1986:483 [ref. 5683], Knapp 1996:23 [ref. 22010]). •Synonym of Cociella punctata (Cuvier 1829) -- (Imamura & Yoshino 2009:312 [ref. 30527], Kottelat 2013:317 [ref. 32989], Imamura & Aungtonya 2020:28 [ref. 38146]). Current status: Synonym of Cociella punctata (Cuvier 1829). Platycephalidae. Habitat: marine.

punctatus, Platycephalus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:243 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 4; ref. 998] Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, eastern Indian Ocean; Vanicoro, Solomon Islands, western Pacific; Madagascar, western Indian Ocean. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-6836 (1), 0000-6851 (1) Trincomalee, 0000-6852 (1) Vanicoro. Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1968:45-46 [ref. 20738]. Based on specimens and a drawing by Commerson (Philibert Commerson, 1727-1773, French explorer and naturalist). •Synonym of Cociella crocodilus (Tilesius 1812) -- (Knapp 1986:483 [ref. 5683] as crocodila, Shao & Chen 1987:87 [ref. 8042] as crocodila). •Valid as Cociella punctata (Cuvier 1829) -- (Knapp 1996:23 [ref. 22010], Imamura 1996:203 [ref. 22700], Myers 1999:104 [ref. 23965], Knapp 1999:2393 [ref. 24807], Knapp in Randall & Lim 2000:607 [ref. 25122], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S103 [ref. 27377], Kimura et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:42 [ref. 27510], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:149 [ref. 28072], Imamura 2009:74 [ref. 30434], Imamura & Yoshino 2009:312 [ref. 30527], Golani & Bogorodsky 2010:66 [ref. 35264], Fricke et al. 2011:381 [ref. 31242], Imamura 2011:397 [ref. 31625], Allen & Erdmann 2012:254 [ref. 31980], Kottelat 2013:317 [ref. 32989], Yoshida et al. 2013:88 [ref. 34464], Psomadakis et al. 2015:190 [ref. 34104], Fricke et al. 2018:139 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:58 [ref. 36273], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 29 [ref. 38321], Imamura & Aungtonya 2020:28 [ref. 38146], Psomadakis et al. 2020:373 [ref. 37272], Knapp 2022:583 [ref. 39727], Moazzam & Osmany 2023:563 [ref. 40712]). Current status: Valid as Cociella punctata (Cuvier 1829). Platycephalidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Gulf of Oman, Seychelles, Comoros and Madagascar east to Philippines and Vanuatu, north to Taiwan, south to New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

quoyi, Platycephalus Bleeker [P.] 1856:206 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 12 (no. 1); ref. 16861] Ternate Island and Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: (3) RMNH 5915 (2 of 3). •Synonym of Cociella punctata (Cuvier 1829) -- (Knapp 1996:23 [ref. 22010], Imamura 2011:397 [ref. 31625], Kottelat 2013:317 [ref. 32989], Imamura & Aungtonya 2020:28 [ref. 38146]). Current status: Synonym of Cociella punctata (Cuvier 1829). Platycephalidae. Habitat: marine.