xestus, Petroscirtes Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:433, Fig. 110 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Pago Pago, American Samoa. Holotype: USNM 51797. Paratypes: CAS-SU 8694 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:93 [ref. 12291], Springer et al. 1991:25 [ref. 18888]. •Valid as Petroscirtes xestus Jordan & Seale 1906 -- (Smith-Vaniz 1976:36 [ref. 4144], Smith-Vaniz 1987:1 [ref. 6404], Winterbottom et al. 1989:61 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:372 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1997:328 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:372 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:219 [ref. 23965], Hutchins 2001:41 [ref. 25847], Springer 2001:3546 [ref. 26290], Allen & Adrim 2003:55 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:639 [ref. 27495], Randall 2005:500 [ref. 28239], Smith-Vaniz 2005:34 [ref. 28343], Hoese & Bray 2006:1562 [ref. 29000], Patzner et al. 2009:459 [ref. 30396], Allen & Erdmann 2012:795 [ref. 31980], Fricke 2015:5 [ref. 33807], Fricke et al. 2019:260 [ref. 36673], Williams & Springer 2022:378 [ref. 39951]). Current status: Valid as Petroscirtes xestus Jordan & Seale 1906. Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Mozambique), Maldives and Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory) east to Micronesia, Line Islands (Kiribati) and Samoa, north to Philippines, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.