WoRMS taxon details
Cociella crocodilus (Cuvier, 1829)
398453 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:398453)
accepted
Species
Cociella crocodila (Tilesius, 1814) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Cociella crocodila (Cuvier, 1829) · unaccepted
Cociella crocodile (Cuvier, 1829) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Cociella crocodiles (Cuvier, 1829) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Cociella crocodilla (Tilesius, 1814) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Cociella crocodilus (Tilesius, 1814) · unaccepted
Cocius crocodila (Tilesius, 1814) · unaccepted
Cocius crocodilus (Tilesius, 1814) · unaccepted
Inegocia crocodilus (Tilesius, 1814) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Inegocia guttata (Cuvier, 1829) · unaccepted
Platycephalus crocodila Tilesius, 1814 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Platycephalus crocodilus Tilesius, 1814 · unaccepted
Platycephalus crocodilus Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted
Platycephalus guttatus Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted
Platycephalus inermis Jordan & Evermann, 1902 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Platycephalus crocodilus Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatrième. Livre quatrième. <em>Des acanthoptérygiens à joue cuirassée.</em> 4: i-xxvi + 2 pp. + 1-518, Pls. 72-99, 97 bis.
page(s): 256 [details]
page(s): 256 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Cociella crocodilus (Cuvier, 1829). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=398453 on 2025-04-27
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Platycephalus guttatus Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatrième. Livre quatrième. <em>Des acanthoptérygiens à joue cuirassée.</em> 4: i-xxvi + 2 pp. + 1-518, Pls. 72-99, 97 bis.
page(s): 244 [details]
original description (of Platycephalus crocodilus Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatrième. Livre quatrième. <em>Des acanthoptérygiens à joue cuirassée.</em> 4: i-xxvi + 2 pp. + 1-518, Pls. 72-99, 97 bis.
page(s): 256 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
page(s): 244 [details]
original description (of Platycephalus crocodilus Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatrième. Livre quatrième. <em>Des acanthoptérygiens à joue cuirassée.</em> 4: i-xxvi + 2 pp. + 1-518, Pls. 72-99, 97 bis.
page(s): 256 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | crocodile flathead [from synonym] | [details] |
| Japanese | ワニゴチ [from synonym]イネゴチ [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes) (from synonym Cociella crocodila (Tilesius, 1814))
To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes) (from synonym Cociella crocodila (Cuvier, 1829))
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) (from synonym Cociella crocodilus (Tilesius, 1814))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cocius crocodilus (Tilesius, 1814))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cociella crocodilus (Tilesius, 1814))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Platycephalus guttatus Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Inegocia guttata (Cuvier, 1829))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Platycephalus inermis Jordan & Evermann, 1902)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Cociella crocodila (Tilesius, 1814))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Inegocia crocodilus (Tilesius, 1814))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Platycephalus crocodilus Tilesius, 1814)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Platycephalus crocodilus Cuvier, 1829)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cociella crocodila (Tilesius, 1814))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Inegocia guttata (Cuvier, 1829))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cociella crocodilus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cociella crocodilus) (from synonym Cociella crocodilus (Tilesius, 1814))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Inegocia guttata) (from synonym Inegocia guttata (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Platycephalus guttatus Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Platycephalus crocodilus Tilesius, 1814)
To FishBase (from synonym Platycephalus inermis Jordan & Evermann, 1902)
To FishBase (from synonym Cociella crocodila (Tilesius, 1814))
To FishBase (from synonym Inegocia guttata (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Platycephalus crocodila Tilesius, 1814)
To FishBase (from synonym Cociella crocodilla (Tilesius, 1814))
To FishBase (from synonym Cociella crocodile (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Cociella crocodilus (Tilesius, 1814))
To FishBase (from synonym Cocius crocodila (Tilesius, 1814))
To FishBase (from synonym Cocius crocodilus (Tilesius, 1814))
To FishBase (from synonym Inegocia crocodilus (Tilesius, 1814))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Platycephalus crocodilus Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase images (Cociella crocodila, India, by Randall, J.E.) (from synonym Cociella crocodila (Cuvier, 1829))
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Platycephalus guttatus Cuvier, 1829)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Inegocia guttata (Cuvier, 1829))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Cociella crocodila (Cuvier, 1829))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cociella crocodila FIN031830 Slide 120 mm) (from synonym Cociella crocodila (Tilesius, 1814))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cociella crocodila FIN031831 Slide 120 mm) (from synonym Cociella crocodila (Tilesius, 1814))
To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes) (from synonym Cociella crocodila (Cuvier, 1829))
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes) (from synonym Cociella crocodilus (Tilesius, 1814))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cocius crocodilus (Tilesius, 1814))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cociella crocodilus (Tilesius, 1814))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Platycephalus guttatus Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Inegocia guttata (Cuvier, 1829))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Platycephalus inermis Jordan & Evermann, 1902)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Cociella crocodila (Tilesius, 1814))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Inegocia crocodilus (Tilesius, 1814))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Platycephalus crocodilus Tilesius, 1814)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Platycephalus crocodilus Cuvier, 1829)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cociella crocodila (Tilesius, 1814))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Inegocia guttata (Cuvier, 1829))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cociella crocodilus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cociella crocodilus) (from synonym Cociella crocodilus (Tilesius, 1814))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Inegocia guttata) (from synonym Inegocia guttata (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Platycephalus guttatus Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Platycephalus crocodilus Tilesius, 1814)
To FishBase (from synonym Platycephalus inermis Jordan & Evermann, 1902)
To FishBase (from synonym Cociella crocodila (Tilesius, 1814))
To FishBase (from synonym Inegocia guttata (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Platycephalus crocodila Tilesius, 1814)
To FishBase (from synonym Cociella crocodilla (Tilesius, 1814))
To FishBase (from synonym Cociella crocodile (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Cociella crocodilus (Tilesius, 1814))
To FishBase (from synonym Cocius crocodila (Tilesius, 1814))
To FishBase (from synonym Cocius crocodilus (Tilesius, 1814))
To FishBase (from synonym Inegocia crocodilus (Tilesius, 1814))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Platycephalus crocodilus Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase images (Cociella crocodila, India, by Randall, J.E.) (from synonym Cociella crocodila (Cuvier, 1829))
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Platycephalus guttatus Cuvier, 1829)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Inegocia guttata (Cuvier, 1829))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Cociella crocodila (Cuvier, 1829))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cociella crocodila FIN031830 Slide 120 mm) (from synonym Cociella crocodila (Tilesius, 1814))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cociella crocodila FIN031831 Slide 120 mm) (from synonym Cociella crocodila (Tilesius, 1814))
