fuscus, Blennius Müller [O. F.] 1776:43 [Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium.; ref. 17808] Denmark; Norway. No types known. Based on Strøm 1762:322, 323 [ref. 21085] where name appeared as "Blennius fuscus, ore cirrato, pinnis omnibus setaceis" which is considered as not binomial. See Blennius fuscus Strøm 1762. •Synonym of Raniceps raninus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Svetovidov 1973:315 [ref. 7169], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:73 [ref. 18936]). Current status: Synonym of Raniceps raninus (Linnaeus 1758). Ranicipitidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.