Cirripectes (subgenus of Salarias) Swainson [W.] 1839:182, 275 Masc. Salarias variolosus Valenciennes 1836. Type by monotypy. Spelled Cirripectus by Swainson 1839:79, 80 [ref. 4303], first revisers for selection of generic spelling evidently were McCulloch & McNeil 1918 (Williams 1988:7 [ref. 7000]). As a subgenus of Salaris on p. 182. •Valid as Cirripectes Swainson 1839 -- (Smith-Vaniz & Springer 1971:19 [ref. 4145], Fukao 1984 [ref. 6726], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:299 [ref. 6441], Springer 1986:745 [ref. 5719], Williams 1988 [ref. 7000], Williams 1990:17 [ref. 13549], Bath 2001:5 [ref. 25713], Springer 2001:3541 [ref. 26290], Hoese & Bray 2006:1544 [ref. 29000], Hastings & Springer 2009:71 [ref. 30395], Williams 2010:3 [ref. 30923], Lin & Hastings 2013:3 [ref. 33286], Stewart et al. 2015:1531 [ref. 34301], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2018:131 [ref. 36397], Fricke et al. 2018:309 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:138 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:255 [ref. 36673], Hoban & Williams 2020:1 [ref. 37406]). Current status: Valid as Cirripectes Swainson 1839. Blenniidae: Salariinae.