80 Species in Family Platycephalidae
Nominal species list for Platycephalidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Ambiserrula jugosa (McCulloch, 1914) Mud flathead
Cociella crocodilus (Cuvier, 1829) Crocodile flathead
Cociella heemstrai Knapp, 1996
Cociella hutchinsi Knapp, 1996 Brownmargin flathead
Cociella punctata (Cuvier, 1829) Spotted flathead
Cociella somaliensis Knapp, 1996
Cymbacephalus beauforti (Knapp, 1973) Crocodile fish
Cymbacephalus bosschei (Bleeker, 1860) Small-eyed flathead
Cymbacephalus nematophthalmus (Günther, 1860) Fringe-eyed flathead
Cymbacephalus staigeri (Castelnau, 1875) Northern rock flathead
Elates ransonnettii (Steindachner, 1876) Dwarf flathead
Grammoplites knappi Imamura & Amaoka, 1994
Grammoplites scaber (Linnaeus, 1758) Rough flathead
Grammoplites suppositus (Troschel, 1840) Spotfin flathead
Inegocia harrisii (McCulloch, 1914) Harris's flathead
Inegocia japonica (Cuvier, 1829) Japanese flathead
Inegocia ochiaii Imamura, 2010
Kumococius rodericensis (Cuvier, 1829) Spiny flathead
Leviprora inops (Jenyns, 1840) Longhead flathead
Onigocia bimaculata Knapp, Imamura & Sakashita, 2000 Two-spotted flathead
Onigocia grandisquama (Regan, 1908)
Onigocia lacrimalis Imamura & Knapp, 2009 Smooth-snout flathead
Onigocia macrolepis (Bleeker, 1854) Notched flathead
Onigocia oligolepis (Regan, 1908) Large-scale flathead
Onigocia pedimacula (Regan, 1908) Broadband flathead
Onigocia sibogae Imamura, 2011
Onigocia spinosa (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) Midget flathead
Papilloculiceps longiceps (Cuvier, 1829) Tentacled flathead
Platycephalus aurimaculatus Knapp, 1987 Toothy flathead
Platycephalus bassensis Cuvier, 1829 Southern sand flathead
Platycephalus caeruleopunctatus McCulloch, 1922 Blue-spotted flathead
Platycephalus chauliodous Knapp, 1991 Bigtooth flathead
Platycephalus conatus Waite & McCulloch, 1915 Deepwater flathead
Platycephalus cultellatus Richardson, 1846
Platycephalus endrachtensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 Bar-tailed flathead
Platycephalus fuscus Cuvier, 1829 Dusky flathead
Platycephalus grandispinis Cuvier, 1829 Longspine flathead
Platycephalus indicus (Linnaeus, 1758) Bartail flathead
Platycephalus laevigatus Cuvier, 1829 Rock flathead
Platycephalus marmoratus Stead, 1908 Marbled flathead
Platycephalus micracanthus Sauvage, 1873
Platycephalus orbitalis Imamura & Knapp, 2009 Western-Australian flathead
Platycephalus richardsoni Castelnau, 1872 Tiger flathead
Platycephalus speculator Klunzinger, 1872 Southern bluespotted flathead
Platycephalus westraliae (Whitley, 1938)
Ratabulus diversidens (McCulloch, 1914) Freespine flathead
Ratabulus fulviguttatus Imamura & Gomon, 2010 Orange-freckled flathead
Ratabulus megacephalus (Tanaka, 1917)
Ratabulus ventralis Imamura & Gomon, 2010
Rogadius asper (Cuvier, 1829) Olive-tailed flathead
Rogadius fehlmanni Knapp, 2012
Rogadius mcgroutheri Imamura, 2007 McGrouther’s flathead
Rogadius patriciae Knapp, 1987 Black-banded flathead
Rogadius pristiger (Cuvier, 1829) Thorny flathead
Rogadius serratus (Cuvier, 1829) Serrated flathead
Rogadius welanderi (Schultz, 1966) Welander's flathead
Solitas gruveli (Pellegrin, 1905) Guinea flathead
Sorsogona humerosa Knapp & Heemstra, 2011 White-margined flathead
Sorsogona melanoptera Knapp & Wongratana, 1987 Obscure flathead
Sorsogona nigripinna (Regan, 1905) Blackfin flathead
Sorsogona portuguesa (Smith, 1953) South African thorny flathead
Sorsogona prionota (Sauvage, 1873) Halfspined flathead
Sorsogona tuberculata (Cuvier, 1829) Tuberculated flathead
Suggrundus cooperi (Regan, 1908)
Suggrundus macracanthus (Bleeker, 1869) Large-spined flathead
Suggrundus meerdervoortii (Bleeker, 1860)
Sunagocia arenicola (Schultz, 1966) Broadhead flathead
Sunagocia carbunculus (Valenciennes, 1833) Papillose flathead
Sunagocia otaitensis (Cuvier, 1829) Fringelip flathead
Sunagocia sainsburyi Knapp & Imamura, 2004 Sainsbury's flathead
Thysanophrys armata (Fowler, 1938)
Thysanophrys celebica (Bleeker, 1855) Celebes flathead
Thysanophrys chiltonae Schultz, 1966 Longsnout flathead
Thysanophrys cirronasa (Richardson, 1848) Tasselsnout flathead
Thysanophrys longirostris (Shao & Chen, 1987)
Thysanophrys papillaris Imamura & Knapp, 1999 Smallknob flathead
Thysanophrys randalli Knapp, 2013 Snub-snouted flathead
Thysanophrys rarita Knapp, 2013 Somali flathead
Thysanophrys springeri Knapp, 2013 Red Sea flathead
Thysanophrys tricaudata Knapp, 2013 Sri Lankan flathead
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