Species that contain: Cirripectes and castaneus [ 6 ] records

castaneus, Blennius Macleay [W.] 1881:5 [Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 6 (pt 1); ref. 4931] Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia. Holotype (unique): AMS I.16407-001 [ex MAMU F1034]. Type catalog: Stanbury 1969:209 [ref. 19518]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Blennius castaneus Castelnau 1861, replaced by Pictiblennius iredalei Whitley 1931. •Wrongly treated as valid as Cirripectes castaneus (Macleay 1881) -- (Allen 1997:208 [ref. 23977]). •Synonym of Parablennius intermedius (Ogilby 1815) -- (Hoese & Bray 2006:1559 [ref. 29000], Bath 2008:79 [ref. 29600]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Parablennius. Blenniidae: Salariinae. Habitat: marine.

castaneus, Salarias Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836:324 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 11; ref. 1005] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-1799. Type catalog: Bauchot 1967:26 [ref. 20734]. •Valid as Cirripectes castaneus (Valenciennes 1836) -- (Fukao 1984:111 [ref. 6726], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:299 [ref. 6441], Fukao 1985:92 [ref. 21281], Springer 1986:745 [ref. 5719], Shen et al. 1986:15 [ref. 13821], Williams 1988:27 [ref. 7000], Winterbottom et al. 1989:60 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:377 [ref. 15987], Francis 1993:166 [ref. 25479], Goren & Dor 1994:59 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:315 [ref. 22896], Randall et al. 1997:377 [ref. 25919], Suzuki et al. 1999:5 [ref. 24391], Myers 1999:223 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:474 [ref. 24106], Allen 2000:92 [ref. 37268], Springer in Randall & Lim 2000:632 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1096 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:396 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:116 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:41 [ref. 25847], Springer 2001:3543 [ref. 26290], Nakabo 2002:1096 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:53 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S116 [ref. 27377], Randall et al. 2004:25 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3327 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:382 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:485 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Bray 2006:1545 [ref. 29000], Fricke et al. 2009:94 [ref. 30213], Patzner et al. 2009:451 [ref. 30396], Allen & Erdmann 2012:805 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:268 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:148 [ref. 33932], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:117 [ref. 36167], Stewart et al. 2015:1532 [ref. 34301], Koeda et al. 2016:84 [ref. 35333], Koeda et al. 2016:14 [ref. 35354], Fricke et al. 2018:309 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:138 [ref. 36273], Arndt & Fricke 2019:12 [ref. 36883], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:128 [ref. 40104], Fricke et al. 2019:255 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:93 [ref. 36871], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 15 [ref. 38321], Hoban & Williams 2020:10 [ref. 37406], Wada et al. 2021:46 [ref. 38521], Esmaeili et al. 2022:11 [20] [ref. 39526], Williams & Springer 2022:341 [ref. 39951], Couëdel et al. 2023:3 [ref. 40137]). Current status: Valid as Cirripectes castaneus (Valenciennes 1836). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Samoa and Tonga, north to Amami Islands (southern Japan) and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to New South Wales (Australia), Lord Howe Island (Australia) and Kermadec Islands. Habitat: marine.

cephalotes, Salarias Thiollière [V. J. de l'I.] in Montrouzier 1857:464 [186] [Annales de la Société d'Agriculture, Histoire Naturelle et Arts Utiles de Lyon (sér. 2) v. 8 (1856); ref. 17789] Woodlark Island, South Pacific. No types known. On p. 186 of reprint. Described twice on p. 186 in separate accounts. •Unidentifiable -- (Smith-Vaniz & Springer 1971:61 [ref. 4145]). •Synonym of Cirripectes castaneus (Valenciennes 1836) -- (R. Fricke, personal communication 09/09). Current status: Synonym of Cirripectes castaneus (Valenciennes 1836). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Habitat: marine.

gibbifrons, Cirripectus Smith [J. L. B.] 1947:815 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 11) v. 13 (no. 108) (art. 77); ref. 4073] Inhaca Island, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 245. Original genus should have been Cirripectes. •Synonym of Cirripectes polyzona (Bleeker 1868) -- (Fukao 1984:113 [ref. 6726]). •Synonym of Cirripectes castaneus (Valenciennes 1836) -- (Springer 1986:745 [ref. 5719], Williams 1988:27 [ref. 7000], Williams & Springer 2022:341 [ref. 39951]). Current status: Synonym of Cirripectes castaneus (Valenciennes 1836). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Habitat: marine.

reticulatus, Cirripectes Fowler [H. W.] 1946:173, Fig. 39 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 98; ref. 1456] Aguni Shima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype (unique): ANSP 72043. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:30 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Cirripectes reticulatus Fowler 1946 -- (Dor 1984:228, footnote [ref. 29757], Fukao 1984:113 [ref. 6726]). •Synonym of Cirripectes castaneus (Valenciennes 1836) -- (Williams 1988:27 [ref. 7000], Williams & Springer 2022:341 [ref. 39951]). Current status: Synonym of Cirripectes castaneus (Valenciennes 1836). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Habitat: marine.

sebae, Salarias Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836:323 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 11; ref. 1005] No locality. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-2059. Type catalog: Bauchot 1967:32 [ref. 20734], Bauchot & Daget 1996:243 [ref. 22899]. •Valid as Cirripectes sebae (Valenciennes 1836) -- (Allen & Swainston 1988:130 [ref. 25477], with no author given). •Synonym of Cirripectes variolosus (Valenciennes 1836) -- (Dor 1984:228 [ref. 29757], Fukao 1984:111 [ref. 6726], Williams 1988:27 [ref. 7000]). •Synonym of Cirripectes castaneus (Valenciennes 1836) -- (Randall et al. 1990:377 [ref. 15987], Randall 2005:485 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Bray 2006:1545 [ref. 29000], Golani & Fricke 2018:138 [ref. 36273], Williams & Springer 2022:341 [ref. 39951]). Current status: Synonym of Cirripectes castaneus (Valenciennes 1836). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Habitat: marine.