mitratus, Petroscirtes Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1830:111, Pl. 28 (fig. 1) [Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Africa. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3843] Jubal Island, Egypt, Red Sea. Holotype (unique): SMF 1858 [or 1853]. •Valid as Petroscirtes mitratus Rüppell 1830 -- (Smith-Vaniz 1976:32 [ref. 4144], Dor 1984:223 [ref. 29757], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:297 [ref. 6441], Springer 1986:753 [ref. 5719], Shen et al. 1986:51 [ref. 13821], Allen & Swainston 1988:128 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:61 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:371 [ref. 15987], Goren & Dor 1994:60 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:322 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:206 [ref. 23977], Carpenter et al. 1997:211 [ref. 23922], Kuiter 1997:328 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:371 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:219 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:487 [ref. 24106], Springer in Randall & Lim 2000:633 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1114 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:41 [ref. 25847], Springer 2001:3546 [ref. 26290] dated 1828, Nakabo 2002:1114 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:55 [ref. 26830] dated 1828, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S117 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:639 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:170 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:25 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:125 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:499 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Bray 2006:1561 [ref. 29000], Fricke et al. 2009:97 [ref. 30213], Patzner et al. 2009:459 [ref. 30396], Motomura et al. 2010:195 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:794 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:181 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2018:314 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:141 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:43 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:260 [ref. 36673], Hoschke et al. 2019:159 [ref. 36626], Akaike et al. 2021:25 [ref. 38809], Sharafiniya et al. 2021:65 [ref. 38544], Esmaeili et al. 2022:22 [31] [ref. 39526], Williams & Springer 2022:377 [ref. 39951], Furuhashi et al. 2024:15 [ref. 41415]). Current status: Valid as Petroscirtes mitratus Rüppell 1830. Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Persian Gulf, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Samoa and Tonga, north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia), One Tree Island (Queensland, Australia), and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.
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