Species that contain: Cirripectes and polyzona [ 3 ] records

canescens, Blennius Garman [S.] 1903:236, Pl. 4 (fig. 1) [Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 39 (no. 8); ref. 15030] Eastern entrance of Mbengha Passage, Fiji Islands. Holotype (unique): MCZ 28294. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Blennius canescens Bloch & Schneider 1801. •Synonym of Cirripectes polyzona (Bleeker 1868) -- (Williams 1988:54 [ref. 7000], Bath & Patzner 1991:38 [ref. 19212], Randall 2005:486 [ref. 28239]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Cirripectes polyzona (Bleeker 1868). 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.

polyzona, Salarias (Cirripectes) Bleeker [P.] 1868:278 [Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Ser. 2) v. 2; ref. 17057] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: RMNH 4797 (3). •Valid as Cirripectes polyzona (Bleeker 1868) -- (Fukao 1984:113 [ref. 6726], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:299 [ref. 6441], Fukao 1985:93 [ref. 21281], Shen et al. 1986:17 [ref. 13821], Williams 1988:54 [ref. 7000], Winterbottom et al. 1989:60 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:378 [ref. 15987], Bath & Patzner 1991:38 [ref. 19212], Williams 1993:62 [ref. 21007], Randall 1995:315 [ref. 22896], Randall et al. 1997:378 [ref. 25919], Suzuki et al. 1999:4 [ref. 24391], Myers 1999:223 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:475 [ref. 24106], Allen 2000:92 [ref. 37268], Springer in Randall & Lim 2000:633 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1094 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:116 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:41 [ref. 25847], Springer 2001:3543 [ref. 26290], Nakabo 2002:1094 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:54 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S116 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:639 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:75 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:25 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:486 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:461 [ref. 28379], Hoese & Bray 2006:1545 [ref. 29000], Fricke et al. 2009:95 [ref. 30213], Patzner et al. 2009:451 [ref. 30396], Motomura et al. 2010:191 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:807 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:148 [ref. 33932], Hoban & Williams 2020:10 [ref. 37406], Williams & Springer 2022:344 [ref. 39951], Couëdel et al. 2023:3 [ref. 40137], Anto et al. 2024:3 [ref. 40874]). Current status: Valid as Cirripectes polyzona (Bleeker 1868). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Gulf of Aden, Seychelles, Comoros, western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) and Lakshadweep (India) east to Johnston Atoll, Line Islands (Kiribati) and Samoa, north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia, New Caledonia, and Tonga. Habitat: marine.