auritus, Cirripectes Carlson [B. A.] 1981:408, Figs. 1-2, 3c [Pacific Science v. 34 (no. 4) (for 1980); ref. 8623] English Harbor, Tabuaeran [= Fanning Island], Line Islands, central Pacific, depth 5 meters. Holotype: BPBM 20478. Paratypes: ANSP 138366 (2); BPBM 14062 (1), 24454 (1); CAS 48948 (1, missing), 34383 (2); USNM 222489-90 (2, 1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:27 [ref. 13621], Springer et al. 1991:4 [ref. 18888]. •Valid as Cirripectes auritus Carlson 1981 -- (Springer 1986:745 [ref. 5719], Williams 1988:24 [ref. 7000], Bath & Patzner 1991:37 [ref. 19212], Myers 1999:223 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:474 [ref. 24106], Springer 2001:3543 [ref. 26290], Allen & Adrim 2003:53 [ref. 26830], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:382 [ref. 28072], Imamura in Imamura & Satapoomin 2009:247 [ref. 31162], Patzner et al. 2009:451 [ref. 30396], Williams 2010:6 [ref. 30923], Allen & Erdmann 2012:805 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:268 [ref. 32706], Zajonz et al. 2019:94 [ref. 36871], Hoban & Williams 2020:10 [ref. 37406], Williams & Springer 2022:341 [ref. 39951], Couëdel et al. 2023:3 [ref. 40137], Anto et al. 2024:2 [ref. 40874]). Current status: Valid as Cirripectes auritus Carlson 1981. Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya), Socotra (Yemen), Comoros, Mascarenes (Mauritius) and Lakshadweep (India) east to Line Islands (Kiribati), north to Philippines and Taiwan. Habitat: marine.