matsubarai, Xiphasia Okada [Y.] & Suzuki [K.] 1952:75, Fig. [Report of Faculty of Fisheries, Prefectural University of Mie v. 1 (no. 2); ref. 12712] Off Owashi, Japan, Sea of Japan. Holotype (unique): FRLM 4052. •Valid as Xiphasia matsubarai Okada & Suzuki 1952 -- (Smith-Vaniz 1976:72 [ref. 4144], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:297 [ref. 6441], Springer 1986:754 [ref. 5719], Smith-Vaniz 1987:5 [ref. 6404], Francis 1993:166 [ref. 25479], Bath & Miroz 1997:3 [ref. 23456], Myers 1999:220 [ref. 23965], Nakabo 2000:1119 [ref. 25182], Springer 2001:3546 [ref. 26290], Nakabo 2002:1119 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:55 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:639 [ref. 27495], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:385 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:504 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Bray 2006:1566 [ref. 29000], Patzner et al. 2009:461 [ref. 30396], Allen & Erdmann 2012:798 [ref. 31980], Shibuya & Motomura 2020:29 [ref. 38502], Esmaeili et al. 2022:26 [35] [ref. 39526], Williams & Springer 2022:383 [ref. 39951]). Current status: Valid as Xiphasia matsubarai Okada & Suzuki 1952. Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Western Cape, Easternm Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to Mariana Islands and Ellice Islands (Kiribati), north to southern Sea of Japan (southern Japan), south to Solomon Islands. Habitat: marine.