macrospilus, Crossosalarias Smith-Vaniz [W. F.] & Springer [V. G.] 1971:21, Figs. 11, 26 [Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 73; ref. 4145] East of Kieta Peninsula, north end of Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands, 6°12'S, 155°40'E, western Pacific, depth 1-8 meters. Holotype: USNM 203096. Paratypes: ANSP 109689 (1); BPBM 7460 (1); CAS 24154 (1); USNM 203764 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:29 [ref. 13621], Springer et al. 1991:13 [ref. 18888]. •Valid as Crossosalarias macrospilus Smith-Vaniz & Springer 1971 -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:298 [ref. 6441], Randall et al. 1990:379 [ref. 15987], Allen 1997:210 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:379 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:224 [ref. 23965], Springer in Randall & Lim 2000:633 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1104 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:397 [ref. 25191], Springer 2001:3544 [ref. 26290] as macrospilos, Nakabo 2002:1104 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:54 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2004:25 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:488 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Bray 2006:1546 [ref. 29000], Patzner et al. 2009:451 [ref. 30396], Fricke et al. 2014:149 [ref. 33932]). Current status: Valid as Crossosalarias macrospilus Smith-Vaniz & Springer 1971. Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Andaman Sea and Indonesia east to Philippines, Fiji and Tonga, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.