Species that contain: Platycephalus and fuscus [ 5 ] records

barffi, Callionymus Curtiss [A.] 1944:3 [Further notes on the zoology of Tahiti.; ref. 12574] Lagoon at Pueu, Tahiti, Society Islands. No types known. •Synonym of Platycephalus fuscus Cuvier 1829 -- (Fricke 1982:56 [ref. 5432], Fricke 2002:72 [ref. 26547]). •Synonym of Sunagocia otaitensis (Cuvier 1829) -- (Imamura 2005:204 [ref. 28309], Knapp & Randall 2013:98 [ref. 32932]). Current status: Synonym of Sunagocia otaitensis (Cuvier 1829). Platycephalidae. Habitat: marine.

cinereus, Platycephalus Günther [A.] 1872:661 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1871 (pt 3) (art. 1) (for 21 Nov. 1871); ref. 1997] South Australia. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1870.12.27.25. •Synonym of Platycephalus fuscus Cuvier 1829 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:468 [ref. 12442], Paxton et al. 2006:941 [ref. 29079], Imamura 2015:186 [ref. 33640]). Current status: Synonym of Platycephalus fuscus Cuvier 1829. Platycephalidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

fuscus, Platycephalus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:241 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 4; ref. 998] Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-6867. Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1968:43 [ref. 20738]. •Valid as Platycephalus fuscus Cuvier 1829 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:468 [ref. 12442], Kuiter 1993:104 [ref. 23929], Gomon et al. 1994:519 [ref. 22532], Imamura 1996:199 [ref. 22700], Kuiter 1997:100 [ref. 25488], Knapp 1999:2390 [ref. 24807], Johnson 1999:729 [ref. 25471], Paxton et al. 2006:941 [ref. 29079], Gomon 2008:519 [ref. 30616], Imamura 2012:119 [ref. 33646], Imamura 2013:282 [ref. 33362], Imamura 2015:186 [ref. 33640]). Current status: Valid as Platycephalus fuscus Cuvier 1829. Platycephalidae. Distribution: Australia: Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. Habitat: brackish, marine.

mortoni, Platycephalus Macleay [W.] 1883:206 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 8 (pt 2); ref. 14342] Lower Burdekin River (salt water), Queensland, Australia. No types known. •Status uncertain -- (Paxton et al. 1989:472 [ref. 12442]). •Synonym of Neoplatycephalus richardsoni (Castelnau 1872) -- (Gomon et al. 1994:518 [ref. 22532]). •Synonym of Platycephalus richardsoni Castelnau 1872 -- (Paxton et al. 2006:943 [ref. 29079]). •Synonym of Plactycephalus fuscus Cuvier 1829 -- (Imamura 2013:282 [ref. 33362], Imamura 2015:186 [ref. 33640]). Current status: Synonym of Platycephalus fuscus Cuvier 1829. Platycephalidae. Habitat: marine.

otaitensis, Cottus Cuvier [G.] (ex Parkinson) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:242 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 4; ref. 998] Tahiti, Society Islands, French Polynesia, South Pacific. No types known. Based on a drawing; authorship sometimes given as Parkinson. Described in remarks to Platycephalus fuscus Cuvier 1829. •Valid as Thysanophrys otaitensis (Cuvier 1829) -- (Knapp 1986:485 [ref. 5683], Paxton et al. 1989:472 [ref. 12442], Winterbottom et al. 1989:22 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:87 [ref. 15987], Imamura et al. 1995:278 [ref. 22177], Kuiter 1997:98 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:87 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:104 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:171 [ref. 24106], Knapp 1999:2421 [ref. 24807], Hutchins 2001:29 [ref. 25847]). •Valid as Eurycephalus otaitensis (Cuvier 1829) -- (Imamura & Knapp 1999:183 [ref. 23886], Randall 1999:11 [ref. 25829], Nakabo 2000:619 [ref. 25086], Knapp in Randall & Lim 2000:607 [ref. 25122], Randall & Earle 2000:10 [ref. 25806], Nakabo 2002:619 [ref. 26001], Allen & Adrim 2003:30 [ref. 26830] with author as Bleeker 1853, Randall et al. 2004:11 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:132 [ref. 28239], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:5 [ref. 33988]). •Valid as Sunagocia otaitensis (Cuvier 1829) -- (Knapp & Imamura 2004:545 [ref. 28022], Paxton et al. 2006:946 [ref. 29079], Imamura 2009:77 [ref. 30434], Fricke et al. 2011:382 [ref. 31242], Allen & Erdmann 2012:257 [ref. 31980], Knapp & Randall 2013:98 [ref. 32932], Fricke et al. 2014:56 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2018:141 [ref. 35805], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:121 [ref. 40104], Psomadakis et al. 2020:378 [ref. 37272], Knapp 2022:597 [ref. 39727]). Current status: Valid as Sunagocia otaitensis (Cuvier 1829). Platycephalidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Marshall Islands and Pitcairn Group, north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Australia, New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.