quagga, Rupiscartes Fowler [H. W.] & Ball [S. C.] 1924:273 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 76; ref. 1471] Wake Island, central Pacific. Holotype: BPBM 3420. Paratypes: ANSP 91013 (9), 91191 (10); BPBM 10436 (9); USNM 109368 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:30 [ref. 13621], Springer et al. 1991:19 [ref. 18888]. The description was based on a single specimen followed by the comment (p.274) "Abundant at Wake I."; Fowler & Ball (1925:29) listed the "type" (BPBM 3420) and stated that there were 30 paratypes. •Valid as Cirripectes quagga (Fowler & Ball 1924) -- (Shen et al. 1986:14 [ref. 13821], Williams 1988:57 [ref. 7000], Winterbottom et al. 1989:60 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:378 [ref. 15987], Randall et al. 1997:378 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:224 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:475 [ref. 24106], Randall 1999:25 [ref. 25829], Springer in Randall & Lim 2000:633 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1094 [ref. 25182], Randall & Earle 2000:18 [ref. 25806], Springer 2001:3543 [ref. 26290], Nakabo 2002:1094 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:54 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S116 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:640 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:75 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:25 [ref. 27624], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:383 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:486 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:461 [ref. 28379], Hoese & Bray 2006:1546 [ref. 29000], Randall 2007:380 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:95 [ref. 30213], Patzner et al. 2009:451 [ref. 30396], Allen & Erdmann 2012:807 [ref. 31980], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988], Arndt & Fricke 2019:12 [ref. 36883], Hoban & Williams 2020:10 [ref. 37406], Williams & Springer 2022:344 [ref. 39951], Couëdel et al. 2023:3 [ref. 40137], Fricke et al. 2024:67 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Cirripectes quagga (Fowler & Ball 1924). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Comoros and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia) and Pitcairn Group, north to Taiwan, south to southern Great Barrier Reef (Queensland, Australia). Habitat: marine.
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