kirkii, Salarias Günther [A.] 1868:458 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4) v. 1 (no. 6); ref. 1993] Zanzibar, Tanzania, western Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1868.2.29.48. •Valid as Alticus kirkii (Günther 1868) -- (Dor 1984:226 [ref. 29757] as kirki, Goren & Dor 1994:58 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:312 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:208 [ref. 23922], Fricke 1999:470 [ref. 24106], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S116 [ref. 27377] as a subspecies, Patzner et al. 2009:449 [ref. 30396], Fricke et al. 2018:306 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:137 [ref. 36273], Mehraban & Esmaeili 2018:194 [ref. 36242], Eagderi et al. 2019:40 [ref. 37020], Mehraban et al. 2021:[5] [ref. 38229], Sharafiniya et al. 2021:65 [ref. 38544], Esmaeili et al. 2022:7 [16] [ref. 39526], Williams & Springer 2022:331 [ref. 39951]). Current status: Valid as Alticus kirkii (Günther 1868). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya), Persian Gulf, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to western India. Habitat: marine.