tractus, Aspidontus Fowler [H. W.] 1903:170, Pl. 7 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 55; ref. 1360] Zanzibar, Tanzania, western Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): ANSP 24207. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:30 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard 1834, but a valid subspecies -- (Smith-Vaniz 1976:62 [ref. 4144], Dor 1984:223 [ref. 29757], Springer 1986:744 [ref. 5719], Winterbottom et al. 1989:59 [ref. 13251], Goren & Dor 1994:59 [ref. 25356], Myers 1999:218 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:472 [ref. 24106], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S117 [ref. 27377], Randall 2005:482 [ref. 28239]). •Valid as Aspidontus tractus Fowler 1903 -- (Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:381 [ref. 28072], Fricke et al. 2009:94 [ref. 30213], Patzner et al. 2009:450 [ref. 30396], Hastings & Springer 2009:6 [ref. 31156], Fricke et al. 2013:268 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2018:307 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:11 [ref. 36883], Williams & Springer 2022:336 [ref. 39951]). •Synonym of Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard 1834 -- (Smith-Vaniz et al. 2020:122 [ref. 37757]). Current status: Synonym of Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard 1834. Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Western Indian Ocean: East Africa, South Africa, Socotra, Aldabra, Comoros, Madagascar, Saint Brandon's Shoals and Mascarenes (if valid). Habitat: marine.