Onigocia

Onigocia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scorpaeniformes
Family:	Platycephalidae
Genus:	Onigocia; D. S. Jordan & W. F. Thompson, 1913
Type species
	Platycephalus macrolepis; Bleeker, 1854

Onigocia is a genus of fish in the family of Platycephalidae native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean.

Species[]

There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus:

Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
, & , 2000	Two-spotted flathead	Indo-Pacific: Known from the Gulf of Aqaba, Comoro Islands and Mauritius to southern Japan, the Philippines, Caroline Islands, northeastern Australia, New Caledonia, Fiji, Tonga, American Samoa and the Society Islands.
(Regan, 1908) ^[1]		Indo-West Pacific: Amirante Islands (Seychelles) and the Gulf of Thailand.
& , 2009	Smooth-snout flathead	Pacific South West: currently known only from the Chesterfield Islands, Coral Sea, and northern Norfolk Ridge, Tasman Sea.
(M. C. W. Weber, 1913)	Southern notched flathead ^[2]	In Australia, recorded from about Exmouth (Western Australia) to the English Company Islands (Northern Territory). Elsewhere in the South China Sea - Vietnam, The Philippines, China, north of Waigeo, the Bali Sea and the Timor Sea.
(Bleeker, 1854)	Notched flathead	Indo-West Pacific: southern Japan, South China Sea, Philippines, Indonesia, northwest shelf of Australia and Andaman Sea.
(Regan, 1908)	Large-scale flathead	Indo-West Pacific: three known specimens from Natal, South Africa; also from north and northwestern Australia, and possibly extending to western Papua New Guinea. Reported from Samoa
(Regan, 1908)	Broad-band flathead	Indo-West Pacific: widespread, from off Natal, South Africa to Karachi, Maldives, South China Sea, Philippines, Irian Barat (Teluk Berau), Northwest Shelf of Australia, Timor and Arafura seas, Great Barrier Reef, Guadalcanal and Tonga.
, 2011 ^[3]		Indo-West Pacific: . Known from the Ceram, Arafura, Timor and Coral seas.
(Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)	Midget flathead	Western Pacific: southern Japan, South China Sea, Philippines, northwest shelf of Australia through Timor and Arafura seas.

References[]

^ Imamura, H. (2016): Rediagnosis of Onigocia grandisquama (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Platycephalidae) and Comparison with Congeners. Species Diversity, 21 (2): 151–159.
^ Imamura, H. (2012): Validity and redescription of the flathead fish, Onigocia macrocephala (Weber, 1913) (Teleostei: Platycephalidae). Zootaxa, 3450: 23–32.
^ Imamura, H. (2011): Onigocia sibogae, a replacement name for a distinct species of flathead fish, Platycephalus grandisquamis Weber, 1913 (Teleostei: Platycephalidae). Zootaxa, 3066: 52–60.

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[Imamura2016-1] Imamura, H. (2016): Rediagnosis of Onigocia grandisquama (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Platycephalidae) and Comparison with Congeners. Species Diversity, 21 (2): 151–159.

[Imamura2012-2] Imamura, H. (2012): Validity and redescription of the flathead fish, Onigocia macrocephala (Weber, 1913) (Teleostei: Platycephalidae). Zootaxa, 3450: 23–32.

[Imamura2011-3] Imamura, H. (2011): Onigocia sibogae, a replacement name for a distinct species of flathead fish, Platycephalus grandisquamis Weber, 1913 (Teleostei: Platycephalidae). Zootaxa, 3066: 52–60.

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