Platycephalus aurimaculatus Knapp, 1987
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Platycephalus aurimaculatus Knapp, 1987
- Name authority
- Knapp, 1987
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Platycephalidae
- Genus
- Platycephalus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderPerciformes
- suborderScorpaenoidei
- familyPlatycephalidae Swainson, 1839
- genusPlatycephalus Bloch, 1795
- speciesPlatycephalus aurimaculatus Knapp, 1987
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Platycephalus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Platycephalus bassensis Cuvier, 1829 | PlatycephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Platycephalus cultellatus Richardson, 1846 | PlatycephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Platycephalus endrachtensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 | PlatycephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Platycephalus fuscus Cuvier, 1829 | PlatycephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Platycephalus grandispinis Cuvier, 1829 | PlatycephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Indian flatheadPlatycephalus indicus (Linnaeus, 1758) | PlatycephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Platycephalus laevigatus Cuvier, 1829 | PlatycephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Platycephalus conatus Waite & McCulloch, 1915 | PlatycephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Platycephalus australis Imamura, 2015 | PlatycephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Platycephalus maxwelli Schwarzhans, 1980 | PlatycephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Platycephalus caeruleopunctatus McCulloch, 1922 | PlatycephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Platycephalus chauliodous Knapp, 1991 | PlatycephalidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Neoplatycephalus aurimaculatus (Knapp, 1987) (Knapp, 1987) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Knapp, L. W. (1987). New Australian fishes. Part 13. Two new species of Platycephalidae. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, 48 (1): 53–55. https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.1987.48.13 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4JP37. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.