Species that contain: Platycephalus and indicus [ 6 ] records

endrachtensis, Platycephalus Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1825:353 [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Shark Bay, Western Australia. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-6865 (larger specimen, 175 mm SL). Paralectotypes: MNHN 2007-0128 [ex 0000-6865] (1, smaller specimen, poor condition). Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1968:42-43 [ref. 20738]. Apparently named for the presumed type locality Eendrachtsland or Eendraghtsland [the old Dutch name for Australia]. Lectotype selected by Imamura 2008:404 [ref. 29892]. •Synonym of Platycephalus indicus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Blanc & Hureau 1973:592 [ref. 7218]). •Valid as Platycephalus endrachtensis Quoy & Gaimard 1825 -- (Allen & Swainston 1988:52 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:468 [ref. 12442], Imamura 1996:199 [ref. 22700], Allen 1997:80 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:353 [ref. 23967], Knapp 1999:2408 [ref. 24807], Johnson 1999:729 [ref. 25471], Hutchins 2001:28 [ref. 25847] as eendrachtensis, Paxton et al. 2006:941 [ref. 29079], Imamura 2008:401, 404 [ref. 29892], Imamura 2012:119 [ref. 33646], Imamura 2013:282 [ref. 33362], Imamura 2015:190 [ref. 33640]). Current status: Valid as Platycephalus endrachtensis Quoy & Gaimard 1825. Platycephalidae. Distribution: Australia: Queensland, Tasmania and Western Australia; also Bali. Habitat: marine.

indicus, Callionymus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:250 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Asia [Indo-West Pacific]. Holotype: NRM (whereabouts unknown). •Valid as Platycephalus indicus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Blanc & Hureau 1973:592 [ref. 7218], Dor 1984:90 [ref. 29757], Ochiai in Masuda et al. 1984:322 [ref. 6441], Feng in Kuang et al. 1986:328 [ref. 26639], Hureau in Whitehead et al. 1986:1241 [ref. 13677], Knapp 1986:484 [ref. 5683], Shao & Chen 1987:80 [ref. 8042], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:156 [ref. 15964], Paxton et al. 1989:469 [ref. 12442], Ataur Rahman 1989:316 [ref. 24860], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:653 [ref. 25598], Zheng 1989:373 [ref. 21202], Golani & Ben-Tuvia 1990:61 [ref. 15617], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:782 [ref. 20764], Jin in Pan et al. 1991:521 [ref. 23876], Kottelat et al. 1993:103 [ref. 23448], Krishnan & Mishra 1993:220 [ref. 24016], Goren & Dor 1994:23 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:117 [ref. 22896], Imamura 1996:199 [ref. 22700], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:576 [ref. 27969], Larson & Williams 1997:353 [ref. 23967], Carpenter et al. 1997:140 [ref. 23922], Chen et al. 1997:173 [ref. 26476], Cheng & Zhou 1997:430 [ref. 26385], Kim 1997:400 [ref. 24032], Randall et al. 1997:505 [ref. 25919], Lee & Joo 1998:223 [ref. 25739], Golani 1998:97 [ref. 27567], Knapp 1999:2409 [ref. 24807], Lee et al. 1999:143 [ref. 25172], Mishra et al. 1999:85 [ref. 25315], Johnson 1999:729 [ref. 25471], Knapp in Randall & Lim 2000:608 [ref. 25122], Bijukumar & Sushama 2000:185 [ref. 25703], Hutchins 2001:28 [ref. 25847], Wang et al. 2001:297 [ref. 26566], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:176 [ref. 26753], Fricke 2002:72 [ref. 26547], Kim & Park 2002:321 [ref. 25913], Choi et al. 2003:258, 570 [ref. 26218], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S103 [ref. 27377], Jang et al. 2003:120 [ref. 27681], Khan 2003:8 [ref. 27710], Ataur Rahman 2003:342 [ref. 31338], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:149 [ref. 28072], Golani 2005:34 [ref. 37112], Imamura et al. 2006:296 [ref. 28670], Paxton et al. 2006:942 [ref. 29079], Fricke 2008:25 [ref. 30182], Imamura 2009:75 [ref. 30434], Coad 2010:261 [ref. 36620], Imamura 2012:119 [ref. 33646], Larson et al. 2013:91 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:318 [ref. 32989], Imamura 2013:282 [ref. 33362], Yoshida et al. 2013:90 [ref. 34464], Imamura 2015:204 [ref. 33640], Imamura in Kimura et al. 2015:33 [ref. 34319], Psomadakis et al. 2015:192 [ref. 34104], Motomura et al. 2017:73 [ref. 35490], Ali et al. 2018:317 [ref. 36183], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[20] 258 [ref. 36492], Chen et al. 2018:8 [ref. 36351], Fricke et al. 2018:140 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:59 [ref. 36273], Imamura in Kimura et al. 2018:89 [ref. 36460], Jawad et al. 2018:103 [ref. 36262] as P. indicus s.l., Suresh et al. 2018:177 [ref. 36495], Eagderi et al. 2019:126 [ref. 37020], Bariche & Fricke 2020:144 [ref. 37515], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 29 [ref. 38321], Kim et al. 2020:99 [ref. 39118], Psomadakis et al. 2020:375 [ref. 37272], Furuhashi et al. 2021:1 [ref. 38448], Golani 2021:38 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:73 [ref. 39014], Knapp 2022:589 [ref. 39727], Moazzam & Osmany 2023:569 [ref. 40712], Endruweit 2024:62 [ref. 41040]). Current status: Valid as Platycephalus indicus (Linnaeus 1758). Platycephalidae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa and Persian Gulf east to Philippines and New Guinea, north to Korea and southern Japan, south to northwestern Australia and New South Wales (Australia); Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant). Habitat: brackish, marine.

insidiator, Cottus Forsskål [P. S.] 1775:25, x [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] No locality stated (Red Sea). Holotype (unique): ZMUC P8012 (dry skin). Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:80 [ref. 9588]. Originally Cottus rogad; insidiator on p. 25, Cottus insidiator on p. x; apparently two names for the same taxon; first reviser not researched. Authorship according to Fricke 2008:25 [ref. 30182]. Holotype figured in Klausewitz & Nielsen 1965:Pl. 1 [ref. 20847]. •Synonym of Platycephalus indicus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Blanc & Hureau 1973:592 [ref. 7218], Dor 1984:90 [ref. 29757], Knapp 1986:484 [ref. 5683], Shao & Chen 1987:80 [ref. 8042], Ataur Rahman 2003:342 [ref. 31338], Fricke 2008:25 [ref. 30182], Kottelat 2013:318 [ref. 32989], Golani & Fricke 2018:59 [ref. 36273], Endruweit 2024:62 [ref. 41040]). Current status: Synonym of Platycephalus indicus (Linnaeus 1758). Platycephalidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

madagascariensis, Cottus Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1801:231, 248, Pl. 11 (figs. 1, 2) [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 3; ref. 2710] Fort Dauphin, Madagascar. Originally appeared as Cottus madagascariensis on p. 231, but with vernacular name only on p. 248 and in Pl. 11. Based on description and illustration in manuscript by Commerson (Philibert Commerson, 1727-1773, French explorer and naturalist). Also appeared in Sonnini 1803:280, 304 (vol. 8) [ref. 30473]. •Synonym of Platycephalus indicus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Knapp 1986:484 [ref. 5683], Kottelat 2013:318 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Platycephalus indicus (Linnaeus 1758). Platycephalidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

rogad, Cottus Forsskål [P. S.] 1775:25, x [Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål); ref. 1351] Red Sea. No types known. An alternate name for Cottus insidiator Forsskål 1775. Rogad mentioned only as common name under account of insidiator on p. x but not on p. 25. •Synonym of Platycephalus indicus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Fricke 2008:25 [ref. 30182], Kottelat 2013:318 [ref. 32989], Endruweit 2024:62 [ref. 41040]). Current status: Synonym of Platycephalus indicus (Linnaeus 1758). Platycephalidae. Habitat: marine.

spathula, Platycephalus Bloch [M. E.] 1795:97, Pl. 424 [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 9; ref. 464] Tranquebar [Tharangambadi], India. Syntypes: ZMB 720 (2, lost). Type catalog: Paepke & Fricke 1992:279 [ref. 19946], Paepke 1999:114 [ref. 24282]. On p. 90 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 12 [ref. 21381]. Spelled spatula in Bloch & Schneider 1801:59 [ref. 471], spatule in literature. •Synonym of Platycephalus indicus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Blanc & Hureau 1973:592 [ref. 7218], Paxton et al. 2006:942 [ref. 29079], Kottelat 2013:318 [ref. 32989], Endruweit 2024:62 [ref. 41040]). Current status: Synonym of Platycephalus indicus (Linnaeus 1758). Platycephalidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.