frontalis, Salarias Valenciennes [A.] (ex Ehrenberg) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836:328 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 11; ref. 1005] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Syntypes: ZMB 1947 (5) poor condition. Type catalog: Bauchot 1967:35 [ref. 20734]. •Valid as Ecsenius frontalis (Valenciennes 1836) -- (Springer 1971:14 [ref. 7707], Dor 1984:229 [ref. 29757], Springer 1988:41 [ref. 6804], Goren & Dor 1994:59 [ref. 25356], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S116 [ref. 27377], Patzner et al. 2009:452 [ref. 30396], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[16] 254 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:139 [ref. 36273], Allen et al. 2019:76 [ref. 36633], Zajonz et al. 2019:93 [ref. 36871], Esmaeili et al. 2022:12 [21] [ref. 39526], Williams & Springer 2022:349 [ref. 39951]). Current status: Valid as Ecsenius frontalis (Valenciennes 1836). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden, Socotra (Yemen). Habitat: marine.