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.