Species that contain: Petroscirtes and breviceps and breviceps [ 8 ] records

annamensis, Petroscirtes forme Chabanaud [P.] 1924:363 [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 1) v. 30 (no. 5); ref. 15441] Gulf of Annam, coast of Vietnam. Holotype: MNHN 1924-0161. Paratypes: MNHN 1989-0791 (1). Described as "forme" in title and text and as "species vel varietas nova" in heading on p. 363; regarded as available as subspecific. •Synonym of Petroscirtes breviceps (Valenciennes 1836) -- (Smith-Vaniz 1976:38 [ref. 4144]). Current status: Synonym of Petroscirtes breviceps (Valenciennes 1836). Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Habitat: marine.

bankieri, Petroscirtes Richardson [J.] 1845:136, Pl. 64 (figs. 8-10) [Ichthyology.--Part 3. The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Sulphur.; ref. 20575] Hong Kong, China. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Petroscirtes breviceps (Valenciennes 1836) -- (Smith-Vaniz 1976:38 [ref. 4144]). Current status: Synonym of Petroscirtes breviceps (Valenciennes 1836). Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Habitat: marine.

breviceps, Blennechis Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836:283 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 11; ref. 1005] Bay of Bengal, northeastern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-0999. Type catalog: Bauchot 1967:6 [ref. 20734]. •Valid as Petroscirtes breviceps (Valenciennes 1836) -- (Smith-Vaniz 1976:38 [ref. 4144], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:297 [ref. 6441], Fukao 1985:90 [ref. 21281], Springer 1986:753 [ref. 5719], Shen et al. 1986:52 [ref. 13821], Smith-Vaniz 1987:2 [ref. 6404], Allen & Swainston 1988:128 [ref. 25477], Allen 1997:206 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:328 [ref. 25488], Myers 1999:219 [ref. 23965], Mizuno et al. 1999:10 [ref. 25311], Springer in Randall & Lim 2000:633 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1115 [ref. 25182], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:231 [ref. 25480], Sakai et al. 2001:105 [ref. 25693], Shinohara et al. 2000:181 [ref. 25987], Shimizu 2001:36 [ref. 25799], Hutchins 2001:41 [ref. 25847], Springer 2001:3546 [ref. 26290], Nakabo 2002:1115 [ref. 26193], Choi et al. 2003:388, 651 [ref. 26218], Allen & Adrim 2003:55 [ref. 26830], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:170 [ref. 27510], Smith-Vaniz 2005:35 [ref. 28343], Hoese & Bray 2006:1561 [ref. 29000], Patzner et al. 2009:459 [ref. 30396], Motomura et al. 2010:195 [ref. 31256], Murase et al. 2011:70 [ref. 32403], Allen & Erdmann 2012:794 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:152 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:16 [ref. 35354], Kwun et al. 2017:143 [ref. 37287], Fricke et al. 2018:314 [ref. 35805], Kimura in Kimura et al. 2018:246 [ref. 36460], Fricke et al. 2019:260 [ref. 36673], Hoschke et al. 2019:159 [ref. 36626], Mohanty et al. 2019:1692 [ref. 37128], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 15 [ref. 38321], Kim et al. 2020:165 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:99 [ref. 37637], Murase in Motomura et al. 2021:65 [ref. 38121], Williams & Springer 2022:377 [ref. 39951]). Current status: Valid as Petroscirtes breviceps (Valenciennes 1836). Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa and Madagascar east to Mariana Islands and New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to southern Korea, central Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

cynodon, Petroscirtes Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1855:439 [Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1855; ref. 3449] Haufig bei Mossambique, 15°S. Syntypes: ?BMNH 1861.5.2.78-79 (2); ZMB 1938-39 (4, 4). Also described as new in Peters 1855:247 [ref. 13448]. •Synonym of Petroscirtes breviceps (Valenciennes 1836) -- (Smith-Vaniz 1976:38 [ref. 4144], Williams & Springer 2022:377 [ref. 39951]). Current status: Synonym of Petroscirtes breviceps (Valenciennes 1836). Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Habitat: marine.

cyprinoides, Blennechis Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836:286 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 11; ref. 1005] No locality. Syntypes: MNHN 0000-0717 (5). Type catalog: Bauchot 1967:6-7 [ref. 20734]. •Synonym of Petroscirtes breviceps (Valenciennes 1836) -- (Smith-Vaniz 1976:38 [ref. 4144]). Current status: Synonym of Petroscirtes breviceps (Valenciennes 1836). Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Habitat: marine.

duperreyi, Dasson Whitley [G. P.] 1945:31 [Australian Zoologist v. 11 (pt 1); ref. 4707] Shark Bay, Western Australia. Holotype: WAM P.2152-001. Paratypes: AMS IB.323-325 (3), IB.347 (1), WAM P.2153-001 (1). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:36 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:39 [ref. 30117]. •Synonym of Petroscirtes breviceps (Valenciennes 1836) -- (Smith-Vaniz 1976:38 [ref. 4144], Hoese & Bray 2006:1561 [ref. 29000]). Current status: Synonym of Petroscirtes breviceps (Valenciennes 1836). Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Habitat: marine.

polyodon, Blennechis Bleeker [P.] 1851:254 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 1 (no. 3); ref. 16890] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 26471 [ex RMNH 4773]. Non-types: RMNH 4773 (1). •Synonym of Petroscirtes breviceps (Valenciennes 1836) -- (Smith-Vaniz 1976:38 [ref. 4144]). Current status: Synonym of Petroscirtes breviceps (Valenciennes 1836). Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Habitat: marine.

trossulus, Aspidontus Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1902:455, Fig. 7 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 25 (no. 1293); ref. 2516] Misaki, Japan. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 7114. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:92 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Dasson trossulus (Jordan & Snyder 1902) -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:36 [ref. 7348]). •Synonym of Petroscirtes breviceps (Valenciennes 1836) -- (Smith-Vaniz 1976:38 [ref. 4144]). Current status: Synonym of Petroscirtes breviceps (Valenciennes 1836). Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Habitat: marine.