Species that contain: Xiphasia and setifer [ 4 ] records

lessoni, Nemophis Kaup [J. J.] 1858:168, Fig. [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1858 (pt 26); ref. 2577] Presumably from the South Seas. Holotype: MNHN 0000-2123. Paratypes: MNHN B-3104 (1, poor condition). Type catalog: Bauchot 1967:22 [ref. 20734]. •Synonym of Xiphasia setifer Swainson 1839 -- (Smith-Vaniz 1976:70 [ref. 4144], Randall 2005:505 [ref. 28239]). Current status: Synonym of Xiphasia setifer Swainson 1839. Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Habitat: marine.

madagascariensis, Xiphogadus Playfair [R. L.] 1868:11 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1868 (pt 1); ref. 14077] Mouroundava River, Madagascar (stomach content). Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-5545. •Synonym of Xiphasia setifer Swainson 1839 -- (Smith-Vaniz 1976:70 [ref. 4144]). Current status: Synonym of Xiphasia setifer Swainson 1839. Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Habitat: marine.

setifer, Xiphasia Swainson [W.] 1839:259 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Vizagapatam, India. No types known. Based on "Tonkah talawaree" Russell 1803:28, Pl. 39 [ref. 13862]. •Valid as Xiphasia setifer Swainson 1839 -- (Smith-Vaniz 1976:70 [ref. 4144], Dor 1984:224 [ref. 29757], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:297 [ref. 6441], Springer 1986:755 [ref. 5719], Shen et al. 1986:47 [ref. 13821], Smith-Vaniz 1987:3 [ref. 6404], Allen & Swainston 1988:128 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:374 [ref. 15987], Francis 1993:166 [ref. 25479], Goren & Dor 1994:61 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:323 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:540 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:206 [ref. 23977], Carpenter et al. 1997:211 [ref. 23922], Kuiter 1997:332 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:374 [ref. 25919], Fricke 1999:489 [ref. 24106], Johnson 1999:746 [ref. 25471], Springer in Randall & Lim 2000:634 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1119 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:396 [ref. 25191], Hutchins 2001:41 [ref. 25847], Springer 2001:3546 [ref. 26290], Nakabo 2002:1119 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:55 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S117 [ref. 27377], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:385 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:505 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Bray 2006:1566 [ref. 29000], Fricke et al. 2009:97 [ref. 30213], Imamura in Imamura & Satapoomin 2009:253 [ref. 31162], Patzner et al. 2009:461 [ref. 30396], Allen & Erdmann 2012:798 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:182 [ref. 32988], Yoshida et al. 2013:183 [ref. 34464], Psomadakis et al. 2015:301 [ref. 34104], Motomura et al. 2017:192 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:315 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:142 [ref. 36273], Imamura in Kimura et al. 2018:246 [ref. 36460], Eagderi et al. 2019:43 [ref. 37020], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 15 [ref. 38321], Kim et al. 2020:165 [ref. 39118], Psomadakis et al. 2020:543 [ref. 37272], Sonoyama et al. 2020:100 [ref. 37637], Esmaeili et al. 2022:25 [34] [ref. 39526], Williams & Springer 2022:383 [ref. 39951], Vilasri et al. 2023:93 [ref. 40764]). Current status: Valid as Xiphasia setifer Swainson 1839. Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: Western Cape, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Vanuatu, north to Korea and central Japan, south to Exmouth Gulf (Western Australia), New South Wales (Australia), Lord Howe Island (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

trachypareia, Xiphasia Bleeker [P.] 1864:196, Pl. [Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde v. 2; ref. 14180] Locality unknown. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Xiphasia setifer Swainson 1839 -- (Smith-Vaniz 1976:70 [ref. 4144], Randall 2005:505 [ref. 28239]). Current status: Synonym of Xiphasia setifer Swainson 1839. Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Habitat: marine.