Species that contain: Omobranchus and elegans [ 2 ] records

elegans, Petroscirtes Steindachner [F.] 1876:217 [169] [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 74 (1. Abth.); ref. 4225] Nagasaki, Japan. Syntypes: (several) NMW 76203 (2). On p. 169 of separate. •Valid as Omobranchus elegans (Steindachner 1876) -- (Springer 1972:14 [ref. 4178], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:33 [ref. 7348], Springer & Gomon 1975:26 [ref. 6083], Smith-Vaniz 1976:148 [ref. 4144], Springer 1981:700 [ref. 8545], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:296 [ref. 6441], Fukao 1985:86 [ref. 21281], Cheng & Zhou 1997:325 [ref. 26385], Nakabo 2000:1113 [ref. 25182], Shimizu 2001:36 [ref. 25799], Nakabo 2002:1113 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:388, 650 [ref. 26218], Patzner et al. 2009:457 [ref. 30396], Kwun et al. 2017:142 [ref. 37287], Kim et al. 2020:165 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:99 [ref. 37637]). Current status: Valid as Omobranchus elegans (Steindachner 1876). Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: East China Sea to Korea and central Japan. Habitat: marine.

lineopunctatus, Petroscirtes Sauvage [H.-E.] (ex Guichenot) 1880:216 [6] [Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7th Série) v. 4; ref. 19970] Southern Japan. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-5120. Type catalog: Bauchot 1967:23 [ref. 20734]. On p. 6 of separate. Original as Petrorscites [sic] lineo-punctatus. •Synonym of Omobranchus elegans (Steindachner 1876) -- (Springer 1972:14 [ref. 4178], Springer & Gomon 1975:26 [ref. 6083], Smith-Vaniz 1976:149 [ref. 4144]). Current status: Synonym of Omobranchus elegans (Steindachner 1876). Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Habitat: marine.