bellus, Salarias Günther [A.] 1861:256 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 3; ref. 1964] China seas [probably erroneous]. Lectotype: BMNH 1848.3.16.1 (largest specimen). Paralectotypes: BMNH 1855.9.19.643 (1), 1855.9.19.700 (1), 1989.12.13.1 [ex 1848.3.16.1] (1), 2012.10.25.2 [ex 1855.9.19.643] (1), 2012.10.25.3 [ex 1848.3.16.1] (1), 2012.10.25.4 [ex. 1848.3.16.1] (1), 2012.10.25.5 [ex. 1848.3.16.1] (1). Lectotype selected by Springer & Williams 1994:143 [ref. 21878]. •Valid as Istiblennius bellus (Günther 1861) -- (Springer & Williams 1994:143 [ref. 21878], Myers 1999:226 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:481 [ref. 24106], Allen 2000:92 [ref. 37268], Randall & Earle 2000:18 [ref. 25806], Springer 2001:3545 [ref. 26290], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S117 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:640 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:25 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3327 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:494 [ref. 28239], Randall 2007:383 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:96 [ref. 30213], Patzner et al. 2009:455 [ref. 30396], Allen & Erdmann 2012:825 [ref. 31980], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988], Fricke et al. 2018:312 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:13 [ref. 36883], Williams & Springer 2022:359 [ref. 39951], Fricke et al. 2024:68 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Istiblennius bellus (Günther 1861). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia) and Easter Island (Chile), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Tonga. Habitat: marine.