Species that contain: Cirripectes and variolosus [ 5 ] records

clarki, Ophioblennius Reid [E. D.] 1943:380 [Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences v. 33 (no. 12); ref. 3686] Taiohae Bay, Nukuhiva Island, Marquesas Islands. Holotype (unique): CAS 24686. •Synonym of Cirripectes variolosus (Valenciennes 1836) -- (Williams 1988:70 [ref. 7000]). Current status: Synonym of Cirripectes variolosus (Valenciennes 1836). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Habitat: marine.

nigripes, Salarias Seale [A.] 1901:127 [Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History v. 1 (no. 3); ref. 14357] Guam, Mariana Islands, western Pacific. Syntypes: (30) ANSP 82128 (15) Agana, BPBM 271 (14). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:29 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Cirripectes variolosus (Valenciennes 1836) -- (Williams 1988:70 [ref. 7000], Myers & Donaldson 2003:640 [ref. 27495]). Current status: Synonym of Cirripectes variolosus (Valenciennes 1836). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Habitat: marine.

patuki, Cirripectus variolosus de Buen [F.] 1963:58 [Boletin de la Sociedad de Biologia de Concepción v. 35/36 (1960-61); ref. 4325] La Perousse Bay, Easter Island, southeastern Pacific. Holotype: EBMC 88 or 89 (104 mm TL). Paratypes: EBMC 88 or 89 (125 mm TL). Original genus should have been Cirripectes. •Synonym of Cirripectes alboapicalis (Ogilby 1899) -- (Williams 1988:20 [ref. 7000], Randall et al. 1990:376 [ref. 15987], Randall 2005:484 [ref. 28239], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2018:133 [ref. 36397]). Current status: Synonym of Cirripectes alboapicalis (Ogilby 1899). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Easter Island (if valid). 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) -- (Yu & Chung 1975:9 [ref. 41103], 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.

variolosus, Salarias Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836:317 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 11; ref. 1005] Guam, Mariana Islands, western Pacific. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-4411. Type catalog: Bauchot 1967:33 [ref. 20734]. As Salarias variolosa in Delfin 1989:96 [ref. 17394]. •Valid as Salarias variolosus Valenciennes 1836 -- (Dor 1984:228 [ref. 29757] but not in Red Sea, Fukao 1984:110 [ref. 6726]). •Valid as Cirripectes variolosus (Valenciennes 1836) -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:299 [ref. 6441], Williams 1988:70 [ref. 7000], Suzuki et al. 1999:4 [ref. 24391], Myers 1999:224 [ref. 23965], Randall 1999:25 [ref. 25829], Nakabo 2000:1095 [ref. 25182], Randall & Earle 2000:18 [ref. 25806], Springer 2001:3543 [ref. 26290], Nakabo 2002:1095 [ref. 26193], Myers & Donaldson 2003:640 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:75 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:25 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:487 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:462 [ref. 28379], Shao et al. 2008:260 [ref. 29952], Patzner et al. 2009:451 [ref. 30396], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988], Golani & Fricke 2018:138 [ref. 36273], Hoban & Williams 2020:10 [ref. 37406]). Current status: Valid as Cirripectes variolosus (Valenciennes 1836). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Western and central Pacific: eastern Indonesia east to Johnston Atoll, Fiji and Tonga, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to Queensland (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.