Species that contain: Petroscirtes and mitratus [ 8 ] records

barbatus, 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. Syntypes: ZMB 1941 (3). Also described as new in Peters 1855:248 [ref. 13448]. •Synonym of Petroscirtes mitratus Rüppell 1830 -- (Smith-Vaniz 1976:32 [ref. 4144], Eagderi et al. 2019:43 [ref. 37020], Sharafiniya et al. 2021:65 [ref. 38544]). Current status: Synonym of Petroscirtes mitratus Rüppell 1830. Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Habitat: marine.

elatus, Petroscirtes Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1902:452, Fig. 5 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 25 (no. 1293); ref. 2516] Ishigaki Island, Yaeyama Islands, southern Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 7071. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:93 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Petroscirtes mitratus Rüppell 1830 -- (Smith-Vaniz 1976:32 [ref. 4144]). Current status: Synonym of Petroscirtes mitratus Rüppell 1830. Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Habitat: marine.

hypselopterus, Petroskirtes Bleeker [P.] 1855:423 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 8 (no. 3); ref. 350] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Syntypes: (3). Original genus should have been Petroscirtes. •Synonym of Petroscirtes mitratus Rüppell 1830 -- (Smith-Vaniz 1976:32 [ref. 4144]). Current status: Synonym of Petroscirtes mitratus Rüppell 1830. Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Habitat: marine.

lienardi, Petroscirtes Day [F.] 1876:327, Pl. 69 (fig. 8) [The fishes of India Part 2; ref. 1081] Karachi, Sind, Pakistan; Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Syntypes and/or Day specimens: AMS B.7984 (1, syntype) Sind; ZSI F2026 (1, figured specimen, lost), F2029 (1, lost). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:161 [ref. 23762], Ferraris et al. 2000:298 [ref. 25110]. Based on 'Blennechis à dorsale élevée' of Liénard 1839:39 [ref. 17536], and on several specimens. Reasons for loss of ZSI type specimens during WWII see Chopra 1947:349-350 [ref. 33077]. •Synonym of Petroscirtes mitratus Rüppell 1830 -- (Smith-Vaniz 1976:32 [ref. 4144]). Current status: Synonym of Petroscirtes mitratus Rüppell 1830. Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Habitat: marine.

longifilis, Petroscirtes Kner [R.] & Steindachner [F.] 1867:367 [12], Pl. 1 (fig. 5) [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 54 (pt 3); ref. 2640] Samoa. Holotype (unique): NMW 71777. On p. 12 of separate. •Synonym of Petroscirtes mitratus Rüppell 1830 -- (Smith-Vaniz 1976:32 [ref. 4144]). Current status: Synonym of Petroscirtes mitratus Rüppell 1830. Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Habitat: marine.

marmoratus, Petroscirtes Liénard [F.] in Sauvage 1891:384 [Histoire physique, naturelle et politique de Madagascar; ref. 14503] [Ile Maurice] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean; Ternate, Molucca, Indonesia. No types known. Based on 'Blennechis marbré' of Liénard 1839:39 [ref. 17536]; description quoted from Liénard. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Petroskirtes marmoratus Bleeker 1875. •Synonym of Petroscirtes mitratus Rüppell 1830 -- (Fricke 1999:488 [ref. 24106]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Petroscirtes mitratus Rüppell 1830. Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Habitat: marine.

marmoratus, Petroskirtes Bleeker [P.] (ex Liénard) 1874:74 [Poissons de Madagascar et de l'Ile la Réunion Part 4; ref. 443] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. No types known. Original genus should have been Petroscirtes. Available as "Petroskirtes marmoratus Blkr = Blennechis marbré Lién. [Liénard 1839:39 [ref. 17536]] = Petroskirtes Thepassi Blkr?" For date of publication (as laterst in Dec. 1974), see Kottelat 2013 [ref. 32740]. •Synonym of Petroscirtes mitratus Rüppell 1830 -- (Smith-Vaniz 1976:32 [ref. 4144], Fricke 1999:488 [ref. 24106]). Current status: Synonym of Petroscirtes mitratus Rüppell 1830. Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Habitat: marine.

mitratus, Petroscirtes Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1830:111, Pl. 28 (fig. 1) [Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Africa. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3843] Jubal Island, Egypt, Red Sea. Holotype (unique): SMF 1858 [or 1853]. •Valid as Petroscirtes mitratus Rüppell 1830 -- (Smith-Vaniz 1976:32 [ref. 4144], Dor 1984:223 [ref. 29757], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:297 [ref. 6441], Springer 1986:753 [ref. 5719], Shen et al. 1986:51 [ref. 13821], Allen & Swainston 1988:128 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:61 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:371 [ref. 15987], Goren & Dor 1994:60 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:322 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:206 [ref. 23977], Carpenter et al. 1997:211 [ref. 23922], Kuiter 1997:328 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:371 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:219 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:487 [ref. 24106], Springer in Randall & Lim 2000:633 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1114 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:41 [ref. 25847], Springer 2001:3546 [ref. 26290] dated 1828, Nakabo 2002:1114 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:55 [ref. 26830] dated 1828, Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S117 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:639 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:170 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:25 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:125 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:499 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Bray 2006:1561 [ref. 29000], Fricke et al. 2009:97 [ref. 30213], Patzner et al. 2009:459 [ref. 30396], Motomura et al. 2010:195 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:794 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:181 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2018:314 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:141 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:43 [ref. 37020], Fricke et al. 2019:260 [ref. 36673], Hoschke et al. 2019:159 [ref. 36626], Akaike et al. 2021:25 [ref. 38809], Sharafiniya et al. 2021:65 [ref. 38544], Esmaeili et al. 2022:22 [31] [ref. 39526], Williams & Springer 2022:377 [ref. 39951]). Current status: Valid as Petroscirtes mitratus Rüppell 1830. Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Persian Gulf, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Samoa and Tonga, north to Kagoshima Prefecture (southern Japan), south to Rottnest Island (Western Australia), One Tree Island (Queensland, Australia), and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.