WoRMS taxon details
Cymbacephalus bosschei (Bleeker, 1860)
280463 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:280463)
accepted
Species
Inegocia bosschei (Bleeker, 1860) · unaccepted
Levanaora bosschei (Bleeker, 1860) · unaccepted
Papilloculiceps bosschei (Bleeker, 1860) · unaccepted
Platycephalus bosschei Bleeker, 1860 · unaccepted
Platycephalus muelleri Klunzinger, 1879 · unaccepted
Platycephalus mülleri Klunzinger, 1879 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Suggrundus bosschei (Bleeker, 1860) · unaccepted
Thysanophrys mulleri (Klunzinger, 1879) · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Platycephalus bosschei Bleeker, 1860) Bleeker, P. (1860). Tiende Bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Banka. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 21: 135-142. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Cymbacephalus bosschei (Bleeker, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280463 on 2026-08-29
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Platycephalus bosschei Bleeker, 1860) Bleeker, P. (1860). Tiende Bijdrage tot de kennis der vischfauna van Banka. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 21: 135-142. [details]
original description (of Platycephalus muelleri Klunzinger, 1879) Klunzinger, C. B. (1879). Die v. Müller'sche Sammlung australischer Fische. <em>Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 16 (no. 22): 254-261. [details]
original description (of Platycephalus muelleri Klunzinger, 1879) Klunzinger, C. B. (1879). Die v. Müller'sche Sammlung australischer Fische. <em>Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 16 (no. 22): 254-261. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Platycephalus bosschei Bleeker, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Levanaora bosschei (Bleeker, 1860))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Suggrundus bosschei (Bleeker, 1860))
To FishBase (from synonym Papilloculiceps bosschei (Bleeker, 1860))
To FishBase (from synonym Inegocia bosschei (Bleeker, 1860))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Thysanophrys mulleri (Klunzinger, 1879))
To FishBase (from synonym Platycephalus mülleri Klunzinger, 1879)
To FishBase (from synonym Platycephalus muelleri Klunzinger, 1879)
To FishBase (from synonym Suggrundus bosschei (Bleeker, 1860))
To FishBase (from synonym Platycephalus bosschei Bleeker, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Levanaora bosschei (Bleeker, 1860))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Levanaore bosschei P14904 illustration) (from synonym Inegocia bosschei (Bleeker, 1860))
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Platycephalus bosschei Bleeker, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Levanaora bosschei (Bleeker, 1860))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Suggrundus bosschei (Bleeker, 1860))
To FishBase (from synonym Papilloculiceps bosschei (Bleeker, 1860))
To FishBase (from synonym Inegocia bosschei (Bleeker, 1860))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Thysanophrys mulleri (Klunzinger, 1879))
To FishBase (from synonym Platycephalus mülleri Klunzinger, 1879)
To FishBase (from synonym Platycephalus muelleri Klunzinger, 1879)
To FishBase (from synonym Suggrundus bosschei (Bleeker, 1860))
To FishBase (from synonym Platycephalus bosschei Bleeker, 1860)
To FishBase (from synonym Levanaora bosschei (Bleeker, 1860))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Levanaore bosschei P14904 illustration) (from synonym Inegocia bosschei (Bleeker, 1860))
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym