n = 113
| Scientific Name | Author | Valid Name | Family | English Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Platycephalus angustus | Steindachner, 1866 | Genus Species | New species | |
| Platycephalus arenaris | Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886 | Platycephalus endrachtensis | Platycephalidae | Bar-tailed flathead |
| Platycephalus arenarius | Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886 | Platycephalus endrachtensis | Platycephalidae | Bar-tailed flathead |
| Platycephalus arenicola | (Schultz, 1966) | Sunagocia arenicola | Platycephalidae | Broadhead flathead |
| Platycephalus armatus | (Fowler, 1938) | Thysanophrys armata | Platycephalidae | |
| Platycephalus asper | Cuvier, 1829 | Rogadius asper | Platycephalidae | Olive-tailed flathead |
| Platycephalus aurimaculatus | Knapp, 1987 | Platycephalus aurimaculatus | Platycephalidae | Toothy flathead |
| Platycephalus australis | Imamura, 2015 | Genus Species | New species | |
| Platycephalus bassensis | Cuvier, 1829 | Platycephalus bassensis | Platycephalidae | Southern sand flathead |
| Platycephalus bataviensis | Bleeker, 1853 | Inegocia japonica | Platycephalidae | Japanese flathead |
| Platycephalus beauforti | Knapp, 1973 | Cymbacephalus beauforti | Platycephalidae | Crocodile fish |
| Platycephalus bengalensis | Rao, 1966 | Kumococius rodericensis | Platycephalidae | Spiny flathead |
| Platycephalus bobossok | Bleeker, 1853 | Sunagocia carbunculus | Platycephalidae | Papillose flathead |
| Platycephalus borbonensis | Cuvier, 1829 | Inegocia japonica | Platycephalidae | Japanese flathead |
| Platycephalus borbonicus | Cuvier, 1829 | Inegocia japonica | Platycephalidae | Japanese flathead |
| Platycephalus borboniensis | Cuvier, 1829 | Inegocia japonica | Platycephalidae | Japanese flathead |
| Platycephalus bosschei | Bleeker, 1860 | Cymbacephalus bosschei | Platycephalidae | Small-eyed flathead |
| Platycephalus caeruleopunctatus | McCulloch, 1922 | Platycephalus caeruleopunctatus | Platycephalidae | Blue-spotted flathead |
| Platycephalus cantori | Bleeker, 1879 | Sunagocia carbunculus | Platycephalidae | Papillose flathead |
| Platycephalus carbunculus | Valenciennes, 1833 | Sunagocia carbunculus | Platycephalidae | Papillose flathead |
| Platycephalus castelnaui | Macleay, 1881 | Platycephalus speculator | Platycephalidae | Southern bluespotted flathead |
| Platycephalus celebicus | Bleeker, 1855 | Thysanophrys celebica | Platycephalidae | Celebes flathead |
| Platycephalus chauliodous | Knapp, 1991 | Platycephalus chauliodous | Platycephalidae | Bigtooth flathead |
| Platycephalus chiltonae | (Schultz, 1966) | Thysanophrys chiltonae | Platycephalidae | Longsnout flathead |
| Platycephalus cinereus | Günther, 1872 | Platycephalus fuscus | Platycephalidae | Dusky flathead |
| Platycephalus cirronasus | Richardson, 1848 | Thysanophrys cirronasus | Platycephalidae | Tasselsnout flathead |
| Platycephalus conatus | Waite & McCulloch, 1915 | Platycephalus conatus | Platycephalidae | Deepwater flathead |
| Platycephalus cooperi | Regan, 1908 | Suggrundus cooperi | Platycephalidae | |
| Platycephalus crocodila | Tilesius, 1814 | Cociella crocodilus | Platycephalidae | Crocodile flathead |
| Platycephalus crocodilus | Cuvier, 1829 | Cociella crocodilus | Platycephalidae | Crocodile flathead |
| Platycephalus crocodilus | Tilesius, 1814 | Cociella crocodilus | Platycephalidae | Crocodile flathead |
| Platycephalus cultellatus | Richardson, 1846 | Platycephalus cultellatus | Platycephalidae | |
| Platycephalus dormitator | Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | Gobiomorus dormitor | Eleotridae | Bigmouth sleeper |
| Platycephalus endrachtensis | Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 | Platycephalus endrachtensis | Platycephalidae | Bar-tailed flathead |
| Platycephalus fasciatus | Günther, 1872 | Cociella punctata | Platycephalidae | Spotted flathead |
| Platycephalus fuscus | Cuvier, 1829 | Platycephalus fuscus | Platycephalidae | Dusky flathead |
| Platycephalus grandidieri | Sauvage, 1873 | Papilloculiceps longiceps | Platycephalidae | Tentacled flathead |
| Platycephalus grandis | (Castelnau, 1872) | Platycephalus richardsoni | Platycephalidae | Tiger flathead |
| Platycephalus grandispinis | Cuvier, 1829 | Platycephalus grandispinis | Platycephalidae | Longspine flathead |
| Platycephalus grandisquamis | Regan, 1908 | Onigocia grandisquama | Platycephalidae | |
| Platycephalus gruveli | Pellegrin, 1905 | Solitas gruveli | Platycephalidae | Guinea flathead |
| Platycephalus guttatus | Cuvier, 1829 | Cociella crocodilus | Platycephalidae | Crocodile flathead |
| Platycephalus haackei | Steindachner, 1883 | Leviprora inops | Platycephalidae | Longhead flathead |
| Platycephalus harrisii | (McCulloch, 1914) | Inegocia harrisii | Platycephalidae | Harris's flathead |
| Platycephalus heterolepis | Barnard, 1927 | Sorsogona prionota | Platycephalidae | Halfspined flathead |
| Platycephalus horai | de Beaufort, 1956 | Thysanophrys celebica | Platycephalidae | Celebes flathead |
| Platycephalus indicus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Platycephalus indicus | Platycephalidae | Bartail flathead |
| Platycephalus inermis | Jordan & Evermann, 1902 | Cociella crocodilus | Platycephalidae | Crocodile flathead |
| Platycephalus inops | Jenyns, 1840 | Leviprora inops | Platycephalidae | Longhead flathead |
| Platycephalus insidiator | (Forsskål, 1775) | Platycephalus indicus | Platycephalidae | Bartail flathead |
| Platycephalus isacanthus | Cuvier, 1829 | Inegocia japonica | Platycephalidae | Japanese flathead |
| Platycephalus japonicus | Cuvier, 1829 | Inegocia japonica | Platycephalidae | Japanese flathead |
| Platycephalus laevigatus | Cuvier, 1829 | Platycephalus laevigatus | Platycephalidae | Rock flathead |
| Platycephalus longiceps | Cuvier, 1829 | Papilloculiceps longiceps | Platycephalidae | Tentacled flathead |
| Platycephalus longispinis | Macleay, 1884 | Platycephalus grandispinis | Platycephalidae | Longspine flathead |
| Platycephalus macracanthus | Bleeker, 1869 | Suggrundus macracanthus | Platycephalidae | Large-spined flathead |
| Platycephalus macrocephalus | Weber, 1913 | Genus Species | New species | |
| Platycephalus macrodon | Ogilby, 1885 | Platycephalus richardsoni | Platycephalidae | Tiger flathead |
| Platycephalus macrolepis | Bleeker, 1854 | Onigocia macrolepis | Platycephalidae | Notched flathead |
| Platycephalus maculipinna | Regan, 1905 | Grammoplites suppositus | Platycephalidae | Spotfin flathead |
| Platycephalus malabaricus | Cuvier, 1829 | Cociella punctata | Platycephalidae | Spotted flathead |
| Platycephalus malayanus | Bleeker, 1854 | Sunagocia otaitensis | Platycephalidae | Fringelip flathead |
| Platycephalus marmoratus | Stead, 1908 | Platycephalus marmoratus | Platycephalidae | Marbled flathead |
| Platycephalus meerdervoorti | Bleeker, 1860 | Suggrundus meerdervoortii | Platycephalidae | |
| Platycephalus meerdervoortii | Bleeker, 1860 | Suggrundus meerdervoortii | Platycephalidae | |
| Platycephalus meerdevoortii | Bleeker, 1860 | Suggrundus meerdervoortii | Platycephalidae | |
| Platycephalus micracanthus | Sauvage, 1873 | Platycephalus micracanthus | Platycephalidae | |
| Platycephalus mortoni | Macleay, 1883 | Platycephalus fuscus | Platycephalidae | Dusky flathead |
| Platycephalus muelleri | Klunzinger, 1879 | Cymbacephalus bosschei | Platycephalidae | Small-eyed flathead |
| Platycephalus mülleri | Klunzinger, 1879 | Cymbacephalus bosschei | Platycephalidae | Small-eyed flathead |
| Platycephalus neglectus | Troschel, 1840 | Grammoplites scaber | Platycephalidae | Rough flathead |
| Platycephalus nemathophthalmus | Günther, 1860 | Cymbacephalus nematophthalmus | Platycephalidae | Fringe-eyed flathead |
| Platycephalus nematophthalmus | Günther, 1860 | Cymbacephalus nematophthalmus | Platycephalidae | Fringe-eyed flathead |
| Platycephalus nigripinnis | Regan, 1905 | Sorsogona nigripinna | Platycephalidae | Blackfin flathead |
| Platycephalus oligolepis | Regan, 1908 | Onigocia oligolepis | Platycephalidae | Large-scale flathead |
| Platycephalus orbitalis | Imamura & Knapp, 2009 | Platycephalus orbitalis | Platycephalidae | Western-Australian flathead |
| Platycephalus otaitensis | (Cuvier, 1829) | Sunagocia otaitensis | Platycephalidae | Fringelip flathead |
| Platycephalus papilloculus | Fowler, 1935 | Papilloculiceps longiceps | Platycephalidae | Tentacled flathead |
| Platycephalus pedimacula | Regan, 1908 | Onigocia pedimacula | Platycephalidae | Broadband flathead |
| Platycephalus polijodon | Bleeker, 1853 | Rogadius serratus | Platycephalidae | Serrated flathead |
| Platycephalus polyodon | Bleeker, 1853 | Rogadius serratus | Platycephalidae | Serrated flathead |
| Platycephalus prionotus | Sauvage, 1873 | Sorsogona prionota | Platycephalidae | Halfspined flathead |
| Platycephalus pristiger | Cuvier, 1829 | Rogadius pristiger | Platycephalidae | Thorny flathead |
| Platycephalus pristis | Peters, 1855 | Thysanophrys celebica | Platycephalidae | Celebes flathead |
| Platycephalus proximus | Castelnau, 1872 | Platycephalus laevigatus | Platycephalidae | Rock flathead |
| Platycephalus punctatus | Cuvier, 1829 | Cociella punctata | Platycephalidae | Spotted flathead |
| Platycephalus quoyi | Bleeker, 1856 | Cociella punctata | Platycephalidae | Spotted flathead |
| Platycephalus ransonnetii | Steindachner, 1876 | Elates ransonnettii | Platycephalidae | Dwarf flathead |
| Platycephalus ransonnettii | Steindachner, 1876 | Elates ransonnettii | Platycephalidae | Dwarf flathead |
| Platycephalus richardsoni | Castelnau, 1872 | Platycephalus richardsoni | Platycephalidae | Tiger flathead |
| Platycephalus rodericensis | Cuvier, 1829 | Kumococius rodericensis | Platycephalidae | Spiny flathead |
| Platycephalus rudis | Günther, 1877 | Suggrundus meerdervoortii | Platycephalidae | |
| Platycephalus scaber | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Grammoplites scaber | Platycephalidae | Rough flathead |
| Platycephalus sculptus | Günther, 1880 | Kumococius rodericensis | Platycephalidae | Spiny flathead |
| Platycephalus semermis | De Vis, 1883 | Leviprora inops | Platycephalidae | Longhead flathead |
| Platycephalus serratus | Cuvier, 1829 | Rogadius serratus | Platycephalidae | Serrated flathead |
| Platycephalus sihamus | (Fabricius, 1775) | Sillago sihama | Sillaginidae | Silver sillago |
| Platycephalus sp. | Not applicable | Thysanophrys randalli | Platycephalidae | Snub-snouted flathead |
| Platycephalus speculator | Klunzinger, 1872 | Platycephalus speculator | Platycephalidae | Southern bluespotted flathead |
| Platycephalus spinosus | Temminck & Schlegel, 1843 | Onigocia spinosa | Platycephalidae | Midget flathead |
| Platycephalus staigeri | Castelnau, 1875 | Cymbacephalus staigeri | Platycephalidae | Northern rock flathead |
| Platycephalus subfasciatus | Günther, 1887 | Sorsogona prionota | Platycephalidae | Halfspined flathead |
| Platycephalus sundaicus | Bleeker, 1878 | Suggrundus macracanthus | Platycephalidae | Large-spined flathead |
| Platycephalus suppositus | Troschel, 1840 | Grammoplites suppositus | Platycephalidae | Spotfin flathead |
| Platycephalus tasmanius | Richardson, 1842 | Platycephalus bassensis | Platycephalidae | Southern sand flathead |
| Platycephalus tentaculatus | Rüppell, 1838 | Papilloculiceps longiceps | Platycephalidae | Tentacled flathead |
| Platycephalus timoriensis | Cuvier, 1829 | Kumococius rodericensis | Platycephalidae | Spiny flathead |
| Platycephalus townsendi | Regan, 1905 | Sorsogona prionota | Platycephalidae | Halfspined flathead |
| Platycephalus tuberculatus | Cuvier, 1829 | Sorsogona tuberculata | Platycephalidae | Tuberculated flathead |
| Platycephalus variolosus | Günther, 1876 | Sunagocia otaitensis | Platycephalidae | Fringelip flathead |
| Platycephalus variolusus | Günther, 1876 | Sunagocia otaitensis | Platycephalidae | Fringelip flathead |
| Platycephalus vittatus | Valenciennes, 1833 | Grammoplites vittatus | Platycephalidae | |
| Platycephalus westraliae | (Whitley, 1938) | Platycephalus westraliae | Platycephalidae |