Species that contain: Aspidontus and taeniatus and taeniatus [ 6 ] records

azureus, Petroscirtes Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:432, Fig. 109 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Apia, Upolu Island, Samoa. Holotype: USNM 51796. Type catalog: Springer et al. 1991:4 [ref. 18888]. •Synonym of Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard 1834, subspecies taeniatus -- (Smith-Vaniz 1976:57 [ref. 4144]). Current status: Synonym of Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard 1834. Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Habitat: marine.

filamentosus, Blennechis Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836:280, Pl. 326 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 11; ref. 1005] Humboldt Bay, New Guinea. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-2046. Type catalog: Bauchot 1967:7 [ref. 20734]. •Synonym of Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard 1834 -- (Smith-Vaniz & Randall 1973:1 [ref. 30006], Dor 1984:223 [ref. 29757], Smith-Vaniz 1976:57 [ref. 4144], Randall 2005:482 [ref. 28239]). Current status: Synonym of Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard 1834. Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Habitat: marine.

paradiseus, Petroskirtes Bleeker [P.] 1854:495 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 6 (no. 3); ref. 344] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 26668. Original genus should have been Petroscirtes. •Synonym of Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard 1834, subspecies taeniatus -- (Smith-Vaniz 1976:57 [ref. 4144]). Current status: Synonym of Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard 1834. Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Habitat: marine.

rostratus, Petroscirtes Valenciennes [A.] (ex Solander) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836:62 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 11; ref. 1005] Bleeker specimens: RMNH 4453 (1). Blennius rostatus appeared as a manuscript name of Solander mentioned in the synonymy of Blennechis filamentosus Valenciennes 1836; Bleeker 1857:62 [ref. 356] used Solander's name as the valid one so that makes the name available from 1836 with authorship as Valenciennes. Types, if available, is (are) the one(s) on which Solander based his manuscript description. •Synonym of Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard 1834, subspecies taeniatus -- (Smith-Vaniz 1976:57 [ref. 4144] based on Bleeker 1857). Current status: Synonym of Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard 1834. Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Habitat: marine.

taeniatus, Aspidontus Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1834:719, Pl. 19 (fig. 4) [Voyage de découvertes de "l'Astrolabe" Zoologie, v. 3 (Pt 2); ref. 3573] Agana, Guam, Mariana Islands, western Pacific; northern New Guinea. No types at MNHN. Type catalog: Bauchot 1967:5 [ref. 20734]. •Valid as Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard 1834 -- (Smith-Vaniz 1976:57 [ref. 4144], Dor 1984:222 [ref. 29757], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:297 [ref. 6441], Shen et al. 1986:42 [ref. 13821], Smith-Vaniz 1987:3 [ref. 6404], Allen & Swainston 1988:128 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:367 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:340 [ref. 23929], Goren & Dor 1994:59 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:314 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:206 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:332 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:367 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:218 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:472 [ref. 24106], Allen 2000:92 [ref. 37268], Springer in Randall & Lim 2000:632 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:394 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:18 [ref. 25806], Springer 2001:3543 [ref. 26290], Allen & Adrim 2003:53 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2004:24 [ref. 27624]). •Valid as Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard 1834, subspecies taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard 1834 -- (Fukao 1985:89 [ref. 21281], Nakabo 2000:1117 [ref. 25182], Shinohara et al. 2000:181 [ref. 25987], Hutchins 2001:41 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:1117 [ref. 26193], Myers & Donaldson 2003:639 [ref. 27495], Randall 2005:482 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Bray 2006:1542 [ref. 29000], Patzner et al. 2009:450 [ref. 30396], Hastings & Springer 2009:6 [ref. 31156], Imamura in Imamura & Satapoomin 2009:246 [ref. 31162], Motomura et al. 2010:190 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:788 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:179 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:147 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988], Fowler et al. 2017:[4] 2252 [ref. 36358], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:129 [ref. 40104], Fricke et al. 2019:255 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:94 [ref. 36871], Fujiwara et al. 2020:37 [ref. 38631], Smith-Vaniz et al. 2020:122 [ref. 37757], Esmaeili et al. 2022:9 [18] [ref. 39526], Fricke et al. 2024:66 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy & Gaimard 1834. Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Comoros, Madagascar, Saint Brandon's Shoals (Cargados Carajos) and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Marshall Islands, Marquesas Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan) and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to southern New South Wales (Australia). Habitat: marine.

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.