chrysospilos, Salarias Bleeker [P.] 1857:66 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 2 (art. 7); ref. 356] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Lectotype: RMNH 4788 (smallest spec.). Paralectotypes: RMNH 4788 (1 of 2, with lectotype). Lectotype selected by Springer & Williams 1994:84 [ref. 21878]. •Valid as Istiblennius chrysospilos (Bleeker 1857) -- (Allen & Swainston 1988:130 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:383 [ref. 15987], Bath & Patzner 1991:48 [ref. 19212], Hastings & Springer 2009:72 [ref. 30395]). •Valid as Blenniella chrysospilos (Bleeker 1857) -- (Springer & Williams 1994:78 [ref. 21878], Allen 1997:208 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:383 [ref. 25919], Anderson et al. 1998:26 [ref. 23611], Myers 1999:222 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:472 [ref. 24106], Springer in Randall & Lim 2000:632 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1102 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:396 [ref. 25191], Allen 2000:116 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:41 [ref. 25847], Springer 2001:3543 [ref. 26290], Nakabo 2002:1102 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:53 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:639 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:25 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3327 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:483 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Bray 2006:1543 [ref. 29000], Fricke et al. 2009:94 [ref. 30213], Patzner et al. 2009:450 [ref. 30396], Motomura et al. 2010:190 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:803 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:268 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:147 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2018:307 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:12 [ref. 36883], Fricke et al. 2019:255 [ref. 36673], Williams & Springer 2022:338 [ref. 39951]). Current status: Valid as Blenniella chrysospilos (Bleeker 1857). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Society Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan, south to Queensland (Australia), New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.