''Cirripectes matatakaro'', the Suspiria blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny that occurs on

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in the central/southern tropical Pacific. In the northern hemisphere, it is known from the Northern

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( Palmyra, Kiritimati, and Tabuaeran) and in the southern hemisphere it occurs at the Marquesas, Tuamotu, Pitcairn, Gambier, and Austral islands. This species reaches a length of SL. The species was described in 2020 by Mykle L. Hoban and

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from specimens previously identified as ''

Cirripectes variolosus ''Cirripectes variolosus'', the red-speckled blenny, is a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic ...

''. The specific epithet is Gilbertese for "eye that sparks" and was chosen to honor the place and people where the species was initially encountered by the first author. The common name refers to

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's 1977

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matatakaro Tropical fish Taxa named by Mykle L. Hoban Taxa named by Jeffrey T. Williams Fish described in 2020 {{Blenniidae-stub