bunares, Cirrisalarias Springer [V. G.] 1976:202, Fig. 1 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 89 (no. 13); ref. 4179] N'Gouni Reef, Grand Comore Island, about 0.5 kilometer north of Iconi, in surge channel at far end of small cove, Comoro Islands, western Indian Ocean, depth to 5 meters. Holotype: CAS 33598. Paratypes: ANSP 134000 [ex CAS 33602] (20); CAS 33607 (1), 34623 (106); USNM 205453 (1), 214974 (5, c&s), 214975 (3). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:28 [ref. 13621], Springer et al. 1991:5 [ref. 18888]. •Valid as Cirrisalarias bunares Springer 1976 -- (Fricke 1999:476 [ref. 24106], Allen 2000:92 [ref. 37268], Springer 2001:3544 [ref. 26290], Randall et al. 2004:25 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:487 [ref. 28239], Patzner et al. 2009:451 [ref. 30396], Murase et al. 2011:62 [ref. 32403], Allen & Erdmann 2012:809 [ref. 31980], Arndt & Fricke 2019:12 [ref. 36883], Williams & Springer 2022:346 [ref. 39951]). Current status: Valid as Cirrisalarias bunares Springer 1976. Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Comoros and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius); Sri Lanka; Christmas Island (Australia) east to Philippines, Fiji and Tonga, north to southern Japan, south to Solomon Islands. Habitat: marine.