Species that contain: Omobranchus and elongatus [ 3 ] records

dispar, Petroscirtes Fowler [H. W.] 1937:258, Fig. 287 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 89; ref. 1425] Bangkok, Thailand. Holotype (unique): ANSP 68255. Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:28 [ref. 13621]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Petroscirtes dispar Günther 1861. •Synonym of Omobranchus elongatus (Peters 1855) -- (Springer & Gomon 1975:28 [ref. 6083], Kottelat 2013:383 [ref. 32989]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Omobranchus elongatus (Peters 1855). Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

elongatus, Petroscirtes Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1855:440 [Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1855; ref. 3449] Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Syntypes: ZMB 1940 (2). Also described as new in Peters 1855:249 [ref. 13448]. •Valid as Omobranchus elongatus (Peters 1855) -- (Springer 1972:14 [ref. 4178], Smith-Vaniz 1976:148 [ref. 4144], Springer 1981:700 [ref. 8545], Springer 1986:750 [ref. 5719], Winterbottom et al. 1989:61 [ref. 13251], Aizawa & Senou 1992:2 [ref. 24315], Kottelat et al. 1993:129 [ref. 23448], Randall 1995:319 [ref. 22896], Anderson et al. 1998:26 [ref. 23611], Fricke 1999:487 [ref. 24106], Springer in Randall & Lim 2000:633 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1113 [ref. 25182], Sakai et al. 2001:105 [ref. 25693], Springer 2001:3545 [ref. 26290], Nakabo 2002:1113 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:55 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S117 [ref. 27377], Hoese & Bray 2006:1556 [ref. 29000], Imamura in Imamura & Satapoomin 2009:250 [ref. 31162], Patzner et al. 2009:457 [ref. 30396], Lasso-Alcalá et al. 2011:575 [ref. 31520], Allen & Erdmann 2012:784 [ref. 31980], Kottelat 2013:383 [ref. 32989], Fricke et al. 2018:313 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:13 [ref. 36883], Esmaeili et al. 2022:19 [28] [ref. 39526], Williams & Springer 2022:369 [ref. 39951]). Current status: Valid as Omobranchus elongatus (Peters 1855). Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya), Oman, Seychelles, Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to Fiji, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Invasive in Guam and Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.). Habitat: brackish, marine.

kallosoma, Petroskirtes Bleeker [P.] 1858:227 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 15 (no. 1); ref. 363] Western Belitung Island, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 4452. Original genus should have been Petroscirtes. •Valid as Omobranchus kallosoma (Bleeker 1858) -- (Springer 1972:14 [ref. 4178]). •Synonym of Omobranchus elongatus (Peters 1855) -- (Springer & Gomon 1975:28 [ref. 6083], Smith-Vaniz 1976:149 [ref. 4144], Kottelat 2013:383 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Omobranchus elongatus (Peters 1855). Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.