ancylodon, Petroskirtes Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1835:1, Pl. 1 (fig. 1) [Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3844] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Holotype (unique): SMF 1818. Original genus should have been Petroscirtes. •Valid as Petroscirtes ancylodon Rüppell 1835 -- (Smith-Vaniz 1976:50 [ref. 4144], Dor 1984:223 [ref. 29757], Smith-Vaniz 1987:3 [ref. 6404], Goren & Galil 1990 [ref. 16647], Goren & Dor 1994:60 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:322 [ref. 22896], Bath & Miroz 1997:2 [ref. 23456], Carpenter et al. 1997:210 [ref. 23922], Golani 1998:97 [ref. 27567], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:126 [ref. 26753], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S117 [ref. 27377], Golani 2005:55 [ref. 37112], Fricke et al. 2007:99 [ref. 29533], Hastings & Springer 2009:72 [ref. 30395], Patzner et al. 2009:459 [ref. 30396], Zenetos et al. 2010:413 [ref. 31201], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[21] 259 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:141 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:43 [ref. 37020], Golani 2021:72 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:58 [ref. 39014], Esmaeili et al. 2022:22 [31] [ref. 39526], Williams & Springer 2022:376 [ref. 39951]). Current status: Valid as Petroscirtes ancylodon Rüppell 1835. Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Persian Gulf; Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant). Habitat: marine.