Cirripectes

Cirripectes
Cirripectes vanderbilti
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Blenniidae
Subfamily:	Salarinae
Genus:	Cirripectes Swainson, 1839
Species
see text

Cirripectes is a large genus of combtooth blennies found throughout the Pacific and Indian oceans.

Species

There are currently 23 recognized species in this genus:

• Cirripectes alboapicalis (J. D. Ogilby, 1899) (Blackblotch blenny)
• Cirripectes alleni J. T. Williams, 1993 (Kimberley blenny)
• Cirripectes auritus Carlson, 1981 (Blackflap blenny)
• Cirripectes castaneus (Valenciennes, 1836) (Chestnut eyelash-blenny)
• Cirripectes chelomatus J. T. Williams & Maugé, 1984 (Lady Musgrave blenny)
• Cirripectes filamentosus (Alleyne & W. J. Macleay, 1877) (Filamentous blenny)
• Cirripectes fuscoguttatus Strasburg & L. P. Schultz, 1953 (Spotted blenny)
• Cirripectes gilberti J. T. Williams, 1988
• Cirripectes heemstraorum J. T. Williams, 2010 (Yellowtail blenny)
• Cirripectes hutchinsi J. T. Williams, 1988
• Cirripectes imitator J. T. Williams, 1985 (Imitator blenny)
• Cirripectes jenningsi L. P. Schultz, 1943
• Cirripectes kuwamurai Fukao, 1984
• Cirripectes obscurus (Borodin, 1927) (Gargantuan blenny)
• Cirripectes perustus J. L. B. Smith, 1959 (Flaming blenny)
• Cirripectes polyzona (Bleeker, 1868)
• Cirripectes quagga (Fowler & Ball, 1924) (Squiggly blenny)
• Cirripectes randalli J. T. Williams, 1988
• Cirripectes springeri J. T. Williams, 1988 (Springer's blenny)
• Cirripectes stigmaticus Strasburg & L. P. Schultz, 1953 (Red-streaked blenny)
• Cirripectes vanderbilti (Fowler, 1938) (Scarface blenny)
• Cirripectes variolosus (Valenciennes, 1836) (Red-speckled blenny)
• Cirripectes viriosus J. T. Williams, 1988