sphynx, Blennius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836:226, Pl. 321 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 11; ref. 1005] Naples, Italy, Mediterranean Sea. Syntypes: MNHN A-2050 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot 1967:14 [ref. 20734]. Spelled sphinx by Günther 1861:221 [ref. 1964]; original spelling is Sphynx. •Valid as Blennius sphynx Valenciennes 1836 -- (Bath 1973:524 [ref. 7212], Ninua & Japoshvili 2008:172 [ref. 31251]). •Valid as Aidablennius sphynx (Valenciennes 1836) -- (Zander in Whitehead et al. 1986:1097 [ref. 13677], Bath 1996:90 [ref. 22687], Gharred et al. 1998:101 [ref. 23486], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:121 [ref. 26753], Parin 2003:S21 [ref. 28536] as sphinx, Golani 2005:52 [ref. 37112], Vassilev & Pehlivanov 2005:180 [ref. 28369], Fricke et al. 2007:97 [ref. 29533], Vasil'eva 2007:127 [ref. 30517], Patzner et al. 2009:449 [ref. 30396], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:57 [ref. 36649], Parin et al. 2014:467 [ref. 33547], Artüz & Fricke 2019:558 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:207 [ref. 37250], Khutornoy & Kvach 2019:919 [ref. 37129] as sphinx, Bariche & Fricke 2020:54 [ref. 37515], Kovačić et al. 2020:31 [ref. 37519], Abliazov et al. 2021:10 [ref. 38576], Golani 2021:70 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:56 [ref. 39014], Niță et al. 2022:63 [ref. 40471]), Ergüden et al. 2024:91 [ref. 41050]. Current status: Valid as Aidablennius sphynx (Valenciennes 1836). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; Black Sea; eastern Atlantic: Portugal south to northern Morocco. Habitat: brackish, marine.