xestus, Petroscirtes Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:433, Fig. 110 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Pago Pago, American Samoa. Holotype: USNM 51797. Paratypes: CAS-SU 8694 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:93 [ref. 12291], Springer et al. 1991:25 [ref. 18888]. •Valid as Petroscirtes xestus Jordan & Seale 1906 -- (Smith-Vaniz 1976:36 [ref. 4144], Smith-Vaniz 1987:1 [ref. 6404], Winterbottom et al. 1989:61 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:372 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1997:328 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:372 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:219 [ref. 23965], Hutchins 2001:41 [ref. 25847], Springer 2001:3546 [ref. 26290], Allen & Adrim 2003:55 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:639 [ref. 27495], Randall 2005:500 [ref. 28239], Smith-Vaniz 2005:34 [ref. 28343], Hoese & Bray 2006:1562 [ref. 29000], Patzner et al. 2009:459 [ref. 30396], Allen & Erdmann 2012:795 [ref. 31980], Fricke 2015:5 [ref. 33807], Fricke et al. 2019:260 [ref. 36673], Williams & Springer 2022:378 [ref. 39951], Allen & Erdmann 2024:873 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Petroscirtes xestus Jordan & Seale 1906. Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Mozambique), Maldives and Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory) east to Micronesia, Line Islands (Kiribati) and Samoa, north to Philippines, south to northern Western Australia and Queensland (Australia). Habitat: marine.