variolosus, Salarias Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836:317 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 11; ref. 1005] Guam, Mariana Islands, western Pacific. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-4411. Type catalog: Bauchot 1967:33 [ref. 20734]. As Salarias variolosa in Delfin 1989:96 [ref. 17394]. •Valid as Salarias variolosus Valenciennes 1836 -- (Dor 1984:228 [ref. 29757] but not in Red Sea, Fukao 1984:110 [ref. 6726]). •Valid as Cirripectes variolosus (Valenciennes 1836) -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:299 [ref. 6441], Williams 1988:70 [ref. 7000], Suzuki et al. 1999:4 [ref. 24391], Myers 1999:224 [ref. 23965], Randall 1999:25 [ref. 25829], Nakabo 2000:1095 [ref. 25182], Randall & Earle 2000:18 [ref. 25806], Springer 2001:3543 [ref. 26290], Nakabo 2002:1095 [ref. 26193], Myers & Donaldson 2003:640 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:75 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:25 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:487 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:462 [ref. 28379], Shao et al. 2008:260 [ref. 29952], Patzner et al. 2009:451 [ref. 30396], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988], Golani & Fricke 2018:138 [ref. 36273], Hoban & Williams 2020:10 [ref. 37406]). Current status: Valid as Cirripectes variolosus (Valenciennes 1836). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Western and central Pacific: eastern Indonesia east to Johnston Atoll, Fiji and Tonga, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.