Platycephalidae

LARSON, HELEN K., WILLIAMS, REX S. & HAMMER, MICHAEL P., 2013, <strong> An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia </ strong>, Zootaxa 3696 (1), pp. 1-293 : 89-93

Platycephalidae

(flatheads)

Cociella hutchinsi Knapp, 1996

Brownmargin Flathead

Suggrundus sp.1 — Sainsbury et al. 1984: 336 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Russell and Houston 1989: 81 (Arafura Sea).

? Platycephalus malabaricus — Russell and Houston 1989: 81 (Arafura Sea).

Cociella hutchinsi Knapp, 1996: 30–32 (Arafura Sea) .— Knapp 1999: 2392 (Timor and Arafura Seas); Hoese et al. 2006: 935 (NT; N coast, Arafura Sea, Timor Sea).

NTM paratypes from Arafura Sea .

Cymbacephalus bosschei (Bleeker, 1860)

Smalleye Flathead

Platycephalus bosscheis Bleeker, 1860b: 140 (Muntok, Bangka) .

Insidiator bosschei — McCulloch 1914a: 139 (Port Darwin).

Levanaora bosschei — Taylor 1964: 290 (Little Lagoon; Bartalumba Bay).

Suggrundus bosschei — Sainsbury et al. 1984: 336 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Paxton et al. 1989: 471 (NT); Russell and Houston 1989: 81 (Arafura Sea); Blaber et al. 1992: 7 (Groote Eylandt); Larson and Williams 1997: 354 (Vesteys Beach); Larson 1997: 30 (Field Island); Larson 1999b: 32 (Kakadu); Larson 1999c: 26 (Field Island); Larson 2000: 40 (Field Island).

Cymbacephalus bosschei — Knapp 1999: 2395 (Darwin); Larson 2002: 32 (Field Island); Hoese et al. 2006: 935 (NT; N coast).

Cymbacephalus nematophthalmus ( Günther, 1860)

Fringe-eye Flathead

Platycephalus nematophthalmus Günther, 1860: 184 (Victoria, Port Essington, NT).— Macleay 1878: 356 (Port Darwin).

Insidiator nematophthalmus — Paradice and Whitley 1927: 92 (Pellew Islands).

Papilloculiceps nematophthalmus — Paxton et al. 1989: 466 (NT); Larson 1992: 9 (Bing Bong Creek; Home Creek); Larson and Williams 1997: 353 (Ludmilla Creek; N side Channel Island; East Arm); Larson 1997: 29 (Field Island); Larson 1999b: 31 (Kakadu); Larson 1999c: 26 (Field Island); Larson 2000: 40 (Field Island).

Cymbacephalus nematophthalmus — Taylor 1964: 288 (Little Lagoon; Yirrkalla; Port Bradshaw); Blaber et al. 1992: 7 (Groote Eylandt); Pender et al. 1992: 66 (Arnhem coast; western Gulf of Carpentaria); Hoese et al. 2006: 935 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

South Goulburn Island; E of Nilpaiwa Island, Mjrungga Island, Milingimbi.

Cymbacephalus staigeri ( Castelnau, 1875)

Northern Rock Flathead

Platycephalus staigeri Castelnau, 1875: 17 (Queensland) .

Isidiator parilis McCulloch, 1914a: 151 , pl.31, fig.2 (Port Darwin, NT and Mapoon, Qld).

Cymbacephalus parilis — Taylor 1964: 288 (Nightcliff).

Suggrundus staigeri — Paxton et al. 1989: 471 (N.T.); Blaber et al. 1992: 7 (Groote Eylandt); Larson and Williams 1997: 354 (Fannie Bay; off Dudley Point).

Cymbacephalus staigeri — Knapp 1999: 2397 (Darwin [and other localities]); Hoese et al. 2006: 936 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast).

Elates ransonnetii ( Steindachner, 1877) Dwarf Flathead Platycephalus ransonnetii Steindachner, 1877: 209 ( Singapore) . Elates ransonneti — Sainsbury et al. 1984: 336 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Paxton et al. 1989: 466 (NT);

Russell and Houston 1989: 81 (Arafura Sea); Pender et al. 1992: 66 (Joseph Bonaparte Gulf; Fog Bay;

Melville Island area ; Arnhem coast; western Gulf of Carpentaria); Hoese et al. 2006: 936 (NT; Gulf of

Carpentaria, N coast).

Inegocia harrisii (McCulloch, 1914)

Harris’ Flathead

Insidiator harrisii McCulloch, 1914a: 146 (off Pine Peak, and Moreton Bay, Qld).

Suggrundus harrisii — Sainsbury et al. 1984: 336 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]).

Inegocia harrisii — Paxton et al. 1989: 466 (NT); Russell and Houston 1989: 81 (Arafura Sea); Larson and Williams 1997: 353 (Darwin Harbour); Knapp 1999: 2401 (Darwin); Hoese et al. 2006: 937 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast); Russell and Smit 2007: 243 (Kakadu).

Joseph Bonaparte Gulf, Timor Sea.

Inegocia japonica (Cuvier, 1829)

Rusty Flathead

Platycephalus japonicus Cuvier, 1829b : pl. 59 (Nagasaki).— Macleay 1881b: 585 (Port Darwin).

Platycephalus isacanthus — Macleay 1881b: 585 (Port Darwin).

Suggrundus isacanthus — Sainsbury et al. 1984: 336 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]).

Inegocia japonica — Paxton et al. 1989: 467 (NT); Russell and Houston 1989: 81 (Arafura Sea); Larson 1992: 9 (off Bing Bong Creek); Larson and Williams 1997: 353 (S of Dudley Point; Woods Inlet); Hoese et al. 2006: 937 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast); Russell and Smit 2007: 243 (Van Diemen Gulf).

Suggrundus japonicus — Pender et al. 1992: 66 (Joseph Bonaparte Gulf; Fog Bay; Melville Island area; Arnhem coast; western Gulf of Carpentaria); Ramm 1997: 14 (Timor and Arafura Seas, between longitudes 127– 137° E).

N of Bowra Shoals; Fog Bay; King River estuary, Arnhem Land; Skirmish Point, Boucaut Bay; SE of Milingimbi; Groote Eylandt area.

Kumococius rodericensis (Cuvier, 1829) Whitefin Flathead Platycephalus rodericensis Cuvier, 1829b: 253 ( Reunion) . Suggrundus rodericensis —Gloerfeldt-Tarp and Kailola 1984: 322 (10° 35'S 133° 45'E); Sainsbury et al. 1984: 336

(Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Paxton et al. 1989: 471 (NT); Russell and Houston 1989: 81 (Arafura

Sea). Kumococius rodericensis — Hoese et al. 2006: 938 (NT; N coast).

Onigocia macrocephala (Weber, 1913)

Southern Notched Flathead

Platycephalus macrocephalus Weber, 1913b: 508 (Bali Sea, north of Waigeo and southern Timor Sea)

Onigocia macrolepis — Ramm 1997: 14 (Timor and Arafura Seas, between longitudes 127– 137° E).

Onigocia macrocephala — Imamura 2012a: 25 (Timor Sea).

Onigocia sibogae Imamura, 2011

Broadband Flathead

Onigocia pedimacula — Knapp 1999: 2405 (Timor and Arafura seas); Hoese et al. 2006: 939 (NT; N coast). Onigocia sibogae Imamura, 2011: 53 (Ceram Sea, northwest of New Guinea).

Onigocia spinosa (Temminck and Schlegel, 1844)

Midget Flathead

Platycephalus spinosa Temminck and Schlegel, 1844: 40 (Nagasaki, Japan).

Onigocia spinosa — Ramm 1997: 14 (Timor and Arafura Seas, between longitudes 127– 137° E); Knapp 1999: 2406 (through Arafura and Timor seas); Hoese et al. 2006: 939 (NT; N coast, west of Darwin).

Platycephalus angustus Steindachner, 1866

Steindachner’s Flathead

Platycephalus angustus Steindachner, 1866a: 20 ( Suriname? [locality in error]).

Platycephalus endrachtensis — Imamura 2008: 401 (across northern Australia).

Platycephalus arenarius — Paradice and Whitley 1927: 91 (Pellew Islands); Paxton et al. 1989: 467–468 (NT); Blaber et al. 1992: 7 (Groote Eylandt); Hoese et al. 2006: 940 (NT; N coast).

Platycephalus angustus — Imamura 2012b: 5 (Darbilla Creek, Millingimbi; East Arm, Darwin; Buchanan Island; Roper River; Nayarnpi Creek; mouth of Wildman River; Field Island).

Platycephalus indicus ( Linnaeus, 1758)

Bartail Flathead

Callionymus indicus Linnaeus, 1758: 250 (Asia) .

Platycephalus indicus — Sainsbury et al. 1984: 336 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Paxton et al. 1989: 469 (NT); Russell and Houston 1989: 81 (Arafura Sea); Blaber et al. 1992: 7 (Groote Eylandt); Pender et al. 1992: 66 (Melville Island area; Arnhem coast; western Gulf of Carpentaria); Larson 1992: 9 (Bing Bong Creek; Home Creek); Larson 1996: 11 (Roper River; Nayarnpi Creek; Towns River); Larson and Williams 1997: 353 (Ludmilla Creek; East Arm; Woods Inlet); Larson 1997: 30 (Kakadu); Larson 1999b: 31 (Kakadu); Larson 1999c: 26 (Field Island); Larson 2000: 40 (Field Island); Hoese et al. 2006: 942 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast). E of Nilpaiwa Island, Milingimbi.

Platycephalus westraliae (Whitley, 1938)

Yellowtail Flathead

Trudis bassensis westraliae Whitley, 1938: 199 (Swan River estuary, Western Australia).

Platycephalus endrachtensis — Taylor 1964: 287 (Groote Eylandt; Port Langdon).

Platycephalus endrachtensis — Sainsbury et al. 1984: 336 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Russell and Houston 1989: 81 (Arafura Sea); Blaber et al. 1992: 7 (Groote Eylandt); Pender et al. 1992: 66 (Melville Island area; Arnhem coast; western Gulf of Carpentaria); Larson 1996: 11 (off Nayarnpi Creek); Larson and Williams 1997: 353: (Woods Inlet); Larson 1997: 30 (West Alligator River); Larson 1999b: 31 (Kakadu); Larson 2002: 33 (Middle Beach); Hoese et al. 2006: 941 (NT; N coast).

Platycephalus indicus — Paxton et al. 1989: 468 (NT).

Platycephalus westraliae — Imamura 2008: 401 (Lumpmilla [lapsus for Ludmilla] Creek; Darwin; North Oxley Island). Quail Island, Port Patterson; Buffalo Creek, Shoal Bay; Caiman Creek, Port Essington; Arafura Sea.

Ratabulus fulviguttatus Imamura and Gomon, 2010 Orangefreckled Flathead Ratabulus diversidens —Gloerfeldt-Tarp and Kailola 1984: 322 (10° 02'S 130° 03'E). Ratabulus diversidans — Knapp 1999: 2410 (Timor Sea). Ratabulus fulviguttatus Imamura and Gomon, 2010: 29 (north of Cape Lambert, 18°57'S, 117°14'E, Western Australia, Australia).

Paratypes from N of Bathurst Island , Arafura Sea (at CSIRO) .

Rogadius asper (Cuvier, 1829)

Olivetail Flathead

Platycephalus asper Cuvier , in Cuvier and Valenciennes,1829b: 257 ( Japan).

Rogadius asper — Paxton et al. 1989: 470 (NT); Russell and Houston 1989: 81 (Arafura Sea); Hoese et al. 2006: 944 (NT; N coast).

Rogadius patriciae Knapp, 1987

Blackbanded Flathead

Rogadius patriciae Knapp, 1987: 57 (Northwest Shelf, Western Australia).

E of Margaret Harries Bank, Timor Sea.

New record for the NT (NTM S.13331-003); specimen identified by H. Imamura.

Rogadius pristiger (Cuvier, 1829)

Thorny Flathead

Platycephalus pristiger Cuvier , in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1829b: 260 (New Guinea).

Rogadius pristiger — Knapp 1987: 54 (" Northern Territory, Arafura Sea"); Russell and Houston 1989: 81 (Arafura Sea); Hoese et al. 2006: 945 (NT; N coast).

Sorsogona tuberculata (Cuvier, 1829) Tuberculate Flathead Platycephalus tuberculatus Cuvier , in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1829b: 258 (Trincomalee). Sorsogona tuberculata — Paxton et al. 1989: 470 (NT); Hoese et al. 2006: 945 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast). Suggrundus macracanthus (Bleeker, 1869) Bigspine Flathead Platycephalus macracanthus Bleeker, 1869a: 253 (Amboina) . Suggrundus macracanthus —Gloerfeldt-Tarp and Kailola 1984: 322 (13° 29'S 129° 01'E); Sainsbury et al. 1984:

336 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Paxton et al. 1989: 471 (NT); Russell and Houston 1989: 81 (Arafura Sea); Pender et al. 1992: 66 (Joseph Bonaparte Gulf; Melville Island area; Arnhem coast; western

Gulf of Carpentaria); Hoese et al. 2006: 946 (NT; Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast) .

Sunagocia sainsburyi Knapp and Imamura, 2004 Sainsbury’s Flathead Sunagocia sainsburyi Knapp and Imamura, 2004: 547–549 (NE of Port Hedlund [sic], Western Australia).— Hoese et al. 2006: 935 (NT; N coast, near Darwin).

Paratype CSIRO H 5856-01 from “near Darwin, 11° 53’S 131° 15’E ” .

Thysanophrys celebica (Bleeker, 1855)

Celebes Flathead

Platycephalus celebicus Bleeker, 1855a: 450 (Manado, Celebes).

W side of Bremer Island.

New record for the NT (NTM S.15793-038).

Thysanophrys chiltonae Schultz, 1966

Longsnout Flathead

Thysanophrys chiltonae Schultz , in Schultz et al. 1966: 57 (north end of lagoon at Rongelap Island, Rongelap Atoll, Marshall Islands).

“Timor Box”, Timor Sea (NTM S.13332-001).

New record for the NT; specimen identified by H. Imamura and L. Knapp.

Thysanophrys papillaris Imamura and Knapp, 1999 Smallknob Flathead Thysanophrys papillaris Imamura and Knapp, 1999 (southwest of Flat Top Bank, Timor Sea, Western Australia).— Hoese et al. 2006: 935 (NT; N coast, Timor Sea to Arafura Sea, NT).

Paratypes from Arafura Sea , Northern Territory ( NTM S.12912-008) .