thalassinus, Alticus Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1906:425, Fig. 103 [Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 25 (for 1905); ref. 2497] Apia, Upolu Island, Samoa. Holotype: USNM 51795. Paratypes: CAS-SU 8692 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:92 [ref. 12291], Springer et al. 1991:24 [ref. 18888]. •Valid as Entomacrodus thalassinus (Jordan & Seale 1906), subspecies thalassinus -- (Nakabo 2000:1097 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1097 [ref. 26193], Myers & Donaldson 2003:640 [ref. 27495], Hoese & Bray 2006:1550 [ref. 29000], Motomura et al. 2010:192 [ref. 31256], Koreeda et al. 2022:24 [ref. 39102]). •Valid as Entomacrodus thalassinus (Jordan & Seale 1906) -- (Springer 1967:144 [ref. 18947], Springer 1972:13 [ref. 7647], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:299 [ref. 6441], Fukao 1985:98 [ref. 21281], Shen et al. 1986:28 [ref. 13821], Allen & Swainston 1988:130 [ref. 25477], Allen 1997:208 [ref. 23977], Myers 1999:226 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:480 [ref. 24106], Springer in Randall & Lim 2000:633 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:41 [ref. 25847], Springer 2001:3544 [ref. 26290], Allen & Adrim 2003:54 [ref. 26830], Randall et al. 2004:25 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:493 [ref. 28239], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:347 [ref. 28867], Patzner et al. 2009:454 [ref. 30396], Hastings & Springer 2009:8 [ref. 31156], Allen & Erdmann 2012:823 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2018:311 [ref. 35805], Williams & Springer 2022:356 [ref. 39951], Kumar et al. 2024:3 [ref. 41064]). Current status: Valid as Entomacrodus thalassinus (Jordan & Seale 1906). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Seychelles, Madagascar, Mascarenes (Mauritius), Maldives, India; Philippines east to Line Islands (Kiribati) and Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.