FAMILY Platycephalidae Gill, 1872 – flatheads GENUS Ambiserrula Imamura, 1996 - flatheads Species Ambiserrula jugosa (McCulloch, 1914) - mud flathead GENUS Whitley, 1940 - flatheads [=Cocius] Species Cociella crocodilus (Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829) - crocodile flathead [=crocodilus T, gutatus, inermis] Species Cociella heemstrai Knapp, 1996 - Heemstra's flathead Species Cociella hutchinsi Knapp, 1996 - brownmargin flathead Species Cociella punctata (Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829) - spotted flathead [=clavulatus, fasciatus, hunti, jacksoni, malabaricus, quoyi] Species Cociella somaliensis Knapp, 1996 - Somali flathead GENUS Fowler, 1938 - flatheads Species Cymbacephalus beauforti (Knapp, 1973) - crocodile Species Cymbacephalus bosschei (Bleeker, 1860) - smalleyed flathead [=muelleri] Species Cymbacephalus nematophthalmus (Gunther, 1860) - fringe-eyed flathead Species Cymbacephalus staigeri (Castelnau, 1857) - Northern rock flathead [=parilis] GENUS Elates Jordan & Seale, 1907 - flatheads [=Hyalorhynchus] Species Elates ransonnettii (Steindachner, 1876) - dwarf flathead [=pellucidus, thompsoni] GENUS Fowler, 1904 - flatheads Species Grammoplites knappi Imamura & Amaoka, 1994 - Knapp's grammoplites flathead Species Grammoplites scaber (Linnaeus, 1758) - rough flathead [=americanus, neglectus] Species Grammoplites suppositus (Troschel, 1840) - spotfin flathead [=maculipinna] Species Grammoplites vittatus (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833) - vittatus flathead GENUS Jordan & Thompson, 1913 - flatheads [=Levanaora] Species Inegocia harrisii (McCulloch, 1914) - Harris's flathead Species Inegocia japonica (Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829) - Japanese flathead [=bataviensis, borboniensis, imberbis, inermis, isacanthus, japonica B, japonicus] Species Inegocia ochiaii Imamura, 2010 - Ochiai's flathead GENUS Kumococius Matsubara & Ochiai, 1955 - flatheads Species Kumococius rodericensis (Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829) - spiny flathead [=bengalensis, detrusus, sculptus, timoriensis] GENUS Leviprora Whitley, 1931 - flatheads [=Cumbel] Species (Jenyns, 1840) - longhead flathead [=haackei] GENUS Jordan & Thompson, 1913 - flatheads [=Wakiyus] Species Onigocia bimaculata Knapp et al., 2000 - twospotted flathead Species Onigocia grandisquamis (Regan, 1908) - grandisquamis flathead Species Onigocia lacrimalis Imamura & Knapp, 2009 - smoothsnout flathead Species Onigocia macrocephala (Weber, 1913) - Southern notched flathead Species Onigocia macrolepis (Bleeker, 1854) - notched flathead Species Onigocia oligolepis (Regan, 1908) - largescale flathead Species Onigocia pedimacula (Regan, 1908) - broadband flathead Species Onigocia sibogae Imamura, 2011 - sibogae flathead [=grandisquamis] Species Onigocia spinosa (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) - midget flathead GENUS Papilloculiceps Fowler & Steinitz, 1956 - flatheads Species Papilloculiceps longiceps (Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829) - [=grandidieri, micracanthus, papilloculus, tentaculatus] GENUS Bloch, 1795 - flatheads [=Cacumen, Calliomorus, Colefaxia, Longitrudis, Neoplatycephalus, Planiprora, Trudis] Species Platycephalus angustus Steindachner, 1866 - Steindachner's flathead Species Platycephalus aurimaculatus Knapp, 1987 - toothy flathead Species Platycephalus australis Imamura, 2015 - Australian Species Platycephalus bassensis Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829 - sand flathead [=tasmanius] Species Platycephalus caeruleopunctatus McCulloch, 1922 - bluespotted flathead Species Platycephalus chauliodous Knapp, 1991 - bigtooth flathead Species Platycephalus conatus Waite & McCulloch, 1915 - deepwater flathead Species Platycephalus cultellatus Richardson, 1846 - cultellatus flathead Species Platycephalus endrachtensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 - yellowtail flathead [=arenarius] Species Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829 - dusky flathead [=cinereus, mortoni] Species Platycephalus grandispinus Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829 - longspined flathead [=longispinis] Species Platycephalus indicus (Linnaeus, 1758) - bartail flathead [=insidiator, madagascariensis, rogad, spathula] Species Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829 - black flathead [=proximus] Species Platycephalus marmoratus Stead, 1908 - marbled flathead Species Platycephalus orbitalis Imamura & Knapp, 2009 - Western Australian flathead Species Platycephalus richardsoni Castelnau, 1872 - tiger flathead [=grandis, macrodon] Species Klunzinger, 1872 - Yank flathead [=castelnaui, melsomi] Species Platycephalus westraliae (Whitley, 1938) - westraliae flathead GENUS Ratabulus Jordan & Hubbs, 1925 - flatheads Species Ratabulus diversidens (McCulloch, 1914) - freespine flathead Species Ratabulus fulviguttatus Imamura & Gomon, 2010 - orangefreckled flathead Species Ratabulus megacephalus (Tanaka, 1917) - largehead flathead Species Ratabulus ventralis Imamura & Gomon, 2010 - ventralis flathead GENUS Jordan & Richardson, 1908 - flatheads Species Rogadius asper (Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829) - olivetailed flathead Species Rogadius fehlmanni Knapp, 2012 - Fehlmann's flathead Species Rogadius mcgroutheri Imamura, 2007 - McGrouther's flathead Species Rogadius patriciae Knapp, 1987 - blackbanded flathead Species Rogadius pristiger (Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829) - thorny flathead Species Rogadius serratus (Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829) - serrated flathead [=polyodon] Species Rogadius tuberculatus (Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829) - tuberculated flathead [=serrulata, ] Species Rogadius welanderi (Schultz, in Schultz et al., 1966) - Welander's flathead GENUS Solitas Imamura, 1996 - flatheads Species Solitas gruveli (Pellegrin, 1905) - Guinea flathead GENUS Herre, 1934 - flatheads Species Sorsogona humerosa Knapp & Heemstra, 2011 - whitemargined flathead Species Sorsogona melanoptera Knapp & Wongratana, 1987 - obscure flathead Species Sorsogona nigripinna (Regan, 1905) - blackfin flathead Species Sorsogona portuguesa (Smith, 1953) - South African thorny flathead Species Sorsogona prionota (Sauvage, 1873) - halfspined flathead [=heterolepis, subfasciatus, townsendi] GENUS Suggrundus Whitley, 1930 - flatheads [=Insidiator, Repotrudis] Species Suggrundus cooperi (Regan, 1908) - Cooper's flathead Species Suggrundus macracanthus (Bleeker, 1869) - largespined flathead [=sundaicus] Species Suggrundus meerdervoortii (Bleeker, 1860) - Meerdervoort's flathead GENUS Imamura, 2003 - flatheads [=Eurycephalus] Species Sunagocia arenicola (Schultz, in Schultz et al., 1966) - broadhead flathead Species Sunagocia carbunculus (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1833) - papillose flathead [=bobossok, cantori, maculosus] Species Sunagocia omanensis Knapp & Randall, 2013 - Oman flathead Species Sunagocia otaitensis (Cuvier, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1829) - fringelip flathead [=barffi, malayanus, papillolabium, variolosus] Species Sunagocia sainsburyi Knapp & Imamura, 2004 - Sainsbury's flathead GENUS Ogilby, 1898 - flatheads Species Thysanophrys armata (Fowler, 1938) - armata flathead Species Thysanophrys celebica (Bleeker, 1855) - Celebes flathead [=brevirostris, horai, pristis] Species Thysanophrys chiltonae Schultz, in Schultz et al., 1966 - longsnout flathead Species Thysanophrys cirronasa (Richardson, 1848) - tasselsnout flathead Species Thysanophrys haploblepharis Prokofiev, 2017 - Prokofiev's flathead Species Thysanophrys longirostris (Shao & Chen, 1987) - longnose flathead Species Thysanophrys papillaris Imamura & Knapp, 1999 - smallknob flathead Species Thysanophrys randalli Knapp, 2013 - Randall's flathead Species Thysanophrys rarita Knapp, 2013 - rarita flathead Species Thysanophrys springeri Knapp, 2013 - Springer's flathead Species Thysanophrys tricaudata Knapp, 2013 - threetail flathead