ransonnettii, Platycephalus Steindachner [F.] 1876:209 [161] [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 74 (1. Abth.); ref. 4225] Singapore. Syntypes: NMW 11124 (4). On p. 161 of separate. Also spelled ransonneti and ransonnetii in literature. The original spelling was ransonnettii. •Valid as Elates ransonnettii (Steindachner 1876) -- (Kailola 1971:130 [ref. 39475] as ransonneti, Kyushin et al. 1982:278 [ref. 19754] as ransonneti, Allen & Swainston 1988:52 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:466 [ref. 12442], Imamura 1996:200 [ref. 22700], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:575 [ref. 27969] as ransonneti, Allen 1997:80 [ref. 23977] as ransonnetti, Knapp 1999:2398 [ref. 24807], Knapp in Randall & Lim 2000:607 [ref. 25122], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:98 [ref. 26368] as ransonneti, Hutchins 2001:28 [ref. 25847], Imamura et al. 2006:293 [ref. 28670] as ransonnetii, Paxton et al. 2006:936 [ref. 29079] as ransonneti, Lipej & Dulčić 2010:38 [ref. 36649], Larson et al. 2013:90 [ref. 32988] as ransonnetii, Yoshida et al. 2013:89 [ref. 34464], Imamura in Kimura et al. 2018:85 [ref. 36460], Motomura et al. 2017:72 [ref. 35490], Kovačić et al. 2020:39 [ref. 37519], Psomadakis et al. 2020:373 [ref. 37272], Kovačić et al. 2021:73 [ref. 39014], Vilasri et al. 2023:77 [ref. 40764]). Current status: Valid as Elates ransonnettii (Steindachner 1876). Platycephalidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Myanmar, Indonesia and Malaysia east to Philippines and Papua New Guinea, north to Taiwan, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.