Taxonomic Revision of the Flatheads (Platycephalidae : Pisces) of India

Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Material and methods. 3. The genera of flatheads. 4. The valid genera and their synonyms. 5. Key for the genera. 6. Description of species: i. Platycephalus indicus (Linnaeus, 1758). ii. Rogadius asper (Cuvier, 1829). iii. Rogadius polyodon (Bleeker, 1853). iv. Grammoplites scaber (Linnaeus, 1758). v. Sorsogona tuberculata (Cuvier, 1829). vi. Sorsogona serrata (Cuvier, 1829). vii. Sorsogona welanderi (Schultz, 1966). viii. Inegocia carbuncula (Valenciennes, 1833). ix. Inegocia isacantha (Cuvier, 1829). x. Inegocia sculpta (Gunther, 1880). xi. Inegocia rodericensis (Cuvier, 1829). xii. Inegocia supposita (Troschel, 1840). xiii. Inegocia crocodila (Tilesius, 1812). xiv. Inegocia malayana (Bleeker, 1853). Species distribution in the Indian seas. Summary. Acknowledgements. References.