phycis, Blennius Linnaeus [C.] 1766:442 [Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 1); ref. 2786] Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Based on multiple sources, including the 'Blennius naribus subcristatis ...' in manuscript by A. Goüan, 'Phycis' of Artedi 1738:111 [ref. 30349] and Artedi 1738:84 [ref. 30578]. Original description apparently based on multiple species, so neotype designation would be needed. •Valid as Phycis phycis (Linnaeus 1766) -- (Svetovidov 1973:314 [ref. 7169], Svetovidov in Whitehead et al. 1986:706 [ref. 13676], Cohen 1990:530 [ref. 15766], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:68 [ref. 18936], Santos et al. 1997:61 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:71 [ref. 24952], Uiblein et al. 1999:62 [ref. 24045], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:53 [ref. 26753], Golani 2005:26 [ref. 37112], Fricke et al. 2007:64 [ref. 29533], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:30 [ref. 36649], Wirtz et al. 2013:119 [ref. 32972], Gaimari et al. 2015:324 [ref. 32571], Iwamoto & Cohen 2016:2026 [ref. 34586], Martins & Carneiro 2018:37 [ref. 36550], Artüz & Fricke 2019:554 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:147 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:94 [ref. 36864], Bariche & Fricke 2020:48 [ref. 37515], Kovačić et al. 2020:20 [ref. 37519], Bañón & Maño 2021:61 [ref. 38883], Golani 2021:28 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:31 [ref. 39014]). Current status: Valid as Phycis phycis (Linnaeus 1766). Phycidae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; eastern Atlantic: Bay of Biscay south to Cape Verde Islands, including Azores (Portugal) and Madeira (Portugal). IUCN (2015): Least Concern. Habitat: brackish, marine.