nalolo, Ecsenius Smith [J. L. B.] 1959:245, Fig. 10 [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 14; ref. 4123] Pinda, Mozambique, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 254. Paratypes: (9) not researched. •Valid as Ecsenius nalolo Smith 1959 -- (Springer 1971:33 [ref. 7707], Dor 1984:229 [ref. 29757], Springer 1986:746 [ref. 5719], Springer 1988:72 [ref. 6804], Winterbottom et al. 1989:60 [ref. 13251], Goren & Dor 1994:59 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:315 [ref. 22896], Springer & Randall 1999:45 [ref. 24274], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S117 [ref. 27377], Patzner et al. 2009:452 [ref. 30396], Attaran-Farimani et al. 2016:176 [ref. 34175], Fricke et al. 2018:310 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:139 [ref. 36273], Zajonz et al. 2019:93 [ref. 36871], Esmaeili et al. 2022:11 [20] [ref. 39526], Williams & Springer 2022:351 [ref. 39951]). Current status: Valid as Ecsenius nalolo Smith 1959. Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Central and southern Red Sea; western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Agalega Islands and Aldabra (Seychelles), Comoros, Madagascar and Saint Brandon's Shoals (Cargados Carajos) east to Maldives and Chagos Archipelago. Former northern Red Sea records are now assigned to E. dentex Springer 1988. Habitat: marine.
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