Species that contain: Entomacrodus and epalzeocheilos [ 2 ] records

epalzeocheilos, Salarias Bleeker [P.] 1859:344 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 19; ref. 368] Karangbollong [Karang-Bollong Bay, on northeastern tip of Nusa Kambangan Island, 4.5 kilometers southeast to Cilacap, Jawa Tengah Province, Java, Indonesia, eastern Indian Ocean, ca. 7°45'34''S, 109°02'32''E]. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Valid as Entomacrodus epalzeocheilos (Bleeker 1859) -- (Springer 1967:61 [ref. 18947], Springer 1972:10 [ref. 7647] as epalzeocheilus, Yu & Chung 1975:8 [ref. 41103] as epalzeocheilus, Springer 1986:746 [ref. 5719] as epalzeocheilus, Shen et al. 1986:30 [ref. 13821] as epalzeocheilus, Goren & Dor 1994:59 [ref. 25356] as epalzeocheilus, Fricke 1999:479 [ref. 24106], Allen 2000:92 [ref. 37268] as epalzeocheilus, Springer in Randall & Lim 2000:633 [ref. 25122], Springer 2001:3544 [ref. 26290] as epalzeocheilus, Allen & Adrim 2003:54 [ref. 26830] as epalzeocheilus, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S117 [ref. 27377] as epalzeocheilus, Randall et al. 2004:25 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:492 [ref. 28239], Fricke et al. 2009:95 [ref. 30213], Patzner et al. 2009:454 [ref. 30396], Williams & Bogorodsky 2010:64 [ref. 30822], Allen & Erdmann 2012:822 [ref. 31980], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:117 [ref. 36167], Fricke et al. 2018:310 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:12 [ref. 36883], Williams & Springer 2022:354 [ref. 39951], Fricke et al. 2024:67 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Entomacrodus epalzeocheilos (Bleeker 1859). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Easter Island (Chile), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan) and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Kermadec Islands and Tonga. Habitat: marine.

niuafoouensis, Salarias Fowler [H. W.] 1932:7, Fig. 3 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 81 (no. 2931); ref. 16368] Niuafoou Island, Tonga Islands. Holotype: USNM 91932. Paratypes: USNM 138298 (1). Type catalog: Springer et al. 1991:17 [ref. 18888]. •Tentatively a synonym of Entomacrodus epalzeocheilos (Bleeker 1859) -- (Randall 2005:492 [ref. 28239]). •Valid as Entomacrodus niuafoouensis (Fowler 1932) -- (Springer 1967:66 [ref. 18947], Springer 1972:11 [ref. 7647], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:298 [ref. 6441], Shen et al. 1986:32 [ref. 13821], Paulin et al. 1989:222 [ref. 24556], Francis 1993:166 [ref. 25479], Francis & Randall 1993:133 [ref. 20996], Myers 1999:225 [ref. 23965], Randall 1999:25 [ref. 25829], Springer in Randall & Lim 2000:633 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1099 [ref. 25182], Springer 2001:3544 [ref. 26290], Nakabo 2002:1099 [ref. 26193], Myers & Donaldson 2003:640 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:25 [ref. 27624], Patzner et al. 2009:454 [ref. 30396], Stewart et al. 2015:1535 [ref. 34301], Koeda et al. 2016:85 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:311 [ref. 35805], Furuhashi & Motomura 2022:16 [ref. 39607], Williams & Springer 2022:355 [ref. 39951]). Current status: Valid as Entomacrodus niuafoouensis (Fowler 1932). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius); South China Sea east to Mariana Islands and Pitcairn, north to Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Kermadec Islands and Tonga. Habitat: marine.