Species that contain: Platycephalus and bassensis [ 3 ] records

bassensis, Platycephalus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:247 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 4; ref. 998] Western Port, Victoria, Australia. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-1437. Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1968:42 [ref. 20738]. •Valid as Platycephalus bassensis Cuvier 1829 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:468 [ref. 12442], Kuiter 1993:103 [ref. 23929], Gomon et al. 1994:519 [ref. 22532], Imamura 1996:199 [ref. 22700], Kuiter 1997:98 [ref. 25488], Jordan 2001:589 [ref. 25552], Paxton et al. 2006:940 [ref. 29079], Imamura 2008:399 [ref. 29892], Gomon 2008:518 [ref. 30616], Imamura 2015:159 [ref. 33640]). Current status: Valid as Platycephalus bassensis Cuvier 1829. Platycephalidae. Distribution: Australia: New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia. Habitat: brackish, marine.

tasmanius, Platycephalus Richardson [J.] 1842:96 (72) [Transactions of the Zoological Society of London v. 3 (pt 1) (art. 5); ref. 13097] Port Arthur, Tasmania, Australia. Syntypes: BMNH 1855.9.19.56-57 (2), 1855.9.19.67-68 (2). •Synonym of Platycephalus bassensis Cuvier 1829 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:468 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:520 [ref. 22532], Paxton et al. 2006:940 [ref. 29079], Imamura 2015:159 [ref. 33640]). Current status: Synonym of Platycephalus bassensis Cuvier 1829. Platycephalidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

westraliae, Trudis bassensis Whitley [G. P.] 1938:199 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 20 (no. 3); ref. 4692] Swan River estuary, Western Australia, Australia. Holotype: AMS IA.7189. Paratypes: AMS IA.7190 (1). •Synonym of Platycephalus bassensis Cuvier 1829 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:468 [ref. 12442], Paxton et al. 2006:940 [ref. 29079]). •Valid as Platycephalus westraliae (Whitley 1938) -- (Imamura 2008:404-405 [ref. 29892], Imamura 2012:119 [ref. 33646], Larson et al. 2013:91 [ref. 32988], Imamura 2013:282 [ref. 33362], Imamura 2015:194 [ref. 33640]). Current status: Valid as Platycephalus westraliae (Whitley 1938). Platycephalidae. Distribution: New South Wales across northern Australia to Fremantle, Western Australia; southern coasts of Papua New Guinea and Java. Habitat: marine.