basiliscus, Blennius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836:245 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 11; ref. 1005] Toulon, France; Genoa, Italy; Sardinia, Italy, western Mediterranean Sea. Syntypes: MNHN A-1779 (1), A-1829 (1), A-1842 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot 1967:9 [ref. 20734]. •Valid as Blennius basiliscus Valenciennes 1836 -- (Bath 1973:520 [ref. 7212]). •Valid as Lipophrys basiliscus (Valenciennes 1836) -- (Zander in Whitehead et al. 1986:1101 [ref. 13677], Arruda 1997:106 [ref. 24952]). •Valid as Salaria basilisca (Valenciennes 1836) -- (Bath 1996:92 [ref. 22687], Gharred et al. 1998:104 [ref. 23486], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:126 [ref. 26753], Fricke et al. 2007:99 [ref. 29533], Patzner et al. 2009:460 [ref. 30396], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:60 [ref. 36649], Carneiro et al. 2019:211 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:99 [ref. 36864], Kovačić et al. 2020:33 [ref. 37519], Kovačić et al. 2021:58 [ref. 39014], Duquenne-Delobel et al. 2022:38 [ref. 39186]). Current status: Valid as Salaria basilisca (Valenciennes 1836). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea endemic. Habitat: marine.