Blennius Linnaeus [C.] 1758:256 Masc. Blennius ocellaris Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan & Gilbert 1883:759 [ref. 2476]. Spelled Blennis by Klein 1779 (not available). On Official List (Opinion 92, Direction 56). •Valid as Blennius Linnaeus 1758 -- (Bath 1973:519 [ref. 7212], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:29 [ref. 7348], Bath & Hutchins 1986 [ref. 5151], Zander in Whitehead et al. 1986:1097 [ref. 13677], Parin 2003:S22 [ref. 28536], Almada et al. 2005:289 [ref. 28398], Hastings & Springer 2009:70 [ref. 30395], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:58 [ref. 36649], Parin et al. 2014:467 [ref. 33547], Bañón et al. 2016:323 [ref. 34397]). Current status: Valid as Blennius Linnaeus 1758. Blenniidae: Blenniinae.