adriaticus, Blennius Steindachner [F.] & Kolombatović [G.] 1883:213 [Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 20 (no. 25) (for 22 Nov. 1883); ref. 14351] Castella Canal at Vranjica near Split [Spalato], Croatia, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean Sea. Syntypes: (several) NMW 5049 (8), 59821 (9), 71447 (2), 71450 (9), 77626 (14). Species later illustrated and described in more detail in Steindachner & Kolombatovic 1884:1194 [p. 2 of separate] Pl. 1 (figs. 2-2a) [ref. 18745]. •Valid as Blennius adriaticus Steindachner & Kolombatović 1883 -- (Bath 1973:520 [ref. 7212]). •Valid as Lipophrys adriaticus (Steindachner & Kolombatović 1883) -- (Zander in Whitehead et al. 1986:1101 [ref. 13677], Wirtz & Bath 1989:26 [ref. 9298], Bath 1996:91 [ref. 22687], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:122 [ref. 26753], Parin 2003:S22 [ref. 28536], Fricke et al. 2007:97 [ref. 29533], Vasil'eva 2007:129 [ref. 30517], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:58 [ref. 36649], Parin et al. 2014:468 [ref. 33547]). •Valid as Microlipophrys adriaticus (Steindachner & Kolombatović 1883) -- (Almada et al. 2005:289 [ref. 28398], Patzner et al. 2009:457 [ref. 30396], Levy et al. 2011:410 [ref. 31177], Artüz & Fricke 2019:558 [ref. 36612], Kovačić et al. 2020:32 [ref. 37519], Abliazov et al. 2021:11 [ref. 38576], Kovačić et al. 2021:56 [ref. 39014]). Current status: Valid as Microlipophrys adriaticus (Steindachner & Kolombatović 1883). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; Black Sea. Habitat: brackish, marine.