Petroscirtes Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1830:110 Masc. Petroscirtes mitratus Rüppell 1830. Type by monotypy. Petroscertes Swainson 1839:79, 80 [ref. 4303] and Petroskirtes Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836:293, 294 [ref. 1005] are incorrect subsequent spellings. •Valid as Petroscirtes Rüppell 1830 -- (Smith-Vaniz 1976:23 [ref. 4144], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:297 [ref. 6441], Springer 1986:753 [ref. 5719], Smith-Vaniz 1987:1 [ref. 6404], Springer 2001:3539 [ref. 26290], Smith-Vaniz 2005:34 [ref. 28343], Hoese & Bray 2006:1560 [ref. 29000], Hastings & Springer 2009:70 [ref. 30395] misspelled Petroscrites, Smith-Vaniz & Rose 2012:42 [ref. 31851], Lin & Hastings 2013:3 [ref. 33286], Fricke et al. 2018:314 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:141 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:260 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Petroscirtes Rüppell 1830. Blenniidae: Blenniinae.