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Platycephalus insidiator, Forsk. 
(Sand-fish),. 
Cottus mstdiator, Forsk. Descr. Anim. p. 25, 1775 (Red Sea) ; 
Gmel.. Linn. Syst., Nat. p..1213, 1703 ; ShamwaG@enmacenme 
TAS) DD) 200/) 803. ; | 
Callonymus indicu;, Gmel. t.c._p. 1153; Russell, Fish. Vizaga- 
patam) 1, p! 30) and "o7i7¢, plnexlwal eos? 
Cottus spatula, Bl. Ichth. pl. 424, 1797. 
Calliomorus indicus, Lacép. Hist. Nat. Poiss. ii, p. 343, 1800 
(Asia). 
Platycephalus in-tdiaior, Bl. Schn. Syst. Ichth. p. 54, 18o0r ; 
Cuv.'& Val. iv, p. 227, 18290 (Red Sea; Ponudiehterarm 
Moluccas); Rupp. N. W. Fische, p: 102, 1838" ‘Venn, 
& Schleg. Fauna Japon. Poiss. p. 39; pli 15, fe. "ae wena 
Richards. Ichth. China, p. 216, 1846; Blkr. Verh. Bat. Gen. 
xxl, 1849, Sclerop. p. 6 (Sunda-Molucca Archipelago) ; 
Cantor, Cat, Malayan Fish. p. 37, 1849; Jerdon, Madras 
Journ. Lit. Sc. 1851; p. 142 ; Gunth: Cat: Fish#in young e 
1860 (Cape of Good Hope; Natal; Red Sea; Ceylon; 
Calcutta; Ganges; China; Japan; Malay Peninsula ; 
Amboyna ; Moluccas ; Australia) ; and Challenger, Shore 
Fishes, name only, pp. 33, 41 ,55 and 66, 1880 (River 
Mary, Queensland ; Somerset ; Hongkong; Yokohama 
Bay ; Inland Sea,” Japan) ;' Kner, Novara,’ Wischeyaip 
121, 1865; Day, Fish. Malabar, p. 43, 1865, and Fish. 
India, p. 276, 1876: (Red Sea; East coast Africa; Seas 
of India to Malay Archipelago and beyond); Playf. 
Fish. Zanz. p. 49, 1866 (Aden ; Zanzibar); Khunge WV enup 
Zool.-bot. Ges.’ Wien; 1870, p. ‘815 "Gilchr Gap riche 
in Mar. Inv. S. Afr. 1, 1902, p. 120 (S. Africa) ; Everm. 
& Seale, Fish. Philippine Islds. p. 103, 1907 (San Fabian) ; 
Jord. & Seale, Fish. Luzon and Pannay, p.\ 3ougeq 
(Cavite) ; Regan, Cat. Fish. in Ann. Natal Govt. Mus: 1908, 
“p. 247 (Kosi Bay) ; Gilchr. & Thomp. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 
vi, pt. 2, 1908, p. 194 (Durban) ; Seale, Fish. Hongkong, in 
Philippine Journ. Science, 1x, no! 1, sec. D. woman, 
(common in Hongkong markets). 
Batrachus indicus, Bl. Schn. t.c.p. 43. 
Platycephalus spatula, Bl. Schn. t.c.p. 59. 
Cottus madagascariensis, Lacép. Hist. Nat. Poiss. ii, p. 248, 
pl. xi, fig. 12, 1802 (Fort Dauphin, Madagascar) ; Shaw, 
Zool iV; Pp. 261.) pl uaz eEoOe! 
Calliomorus chaca, Ham. Buch. Fish. Ganges, pp. 133 and 373, 
1822. 
Platycephalus endrachtensis, Quoy & Gaim. Voy. Freyc. Zool. 
PD. 353, 1824; Cuv. & Val. iv,\p.\ 240) 1é2e8 
Platycephalus chaca, Gray, & Hardw. Indian Zool. u, pl. 93, 
fig. 2, 1834. 
? Platycephalus cultellatus, Richards. Ichth. China, p. 217, 
1846 (China Sea). 

