gibbifrons, Salarias Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1824:253 [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Hawaiian Islands. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-4002. Type catalog: Bauchot 1967:27-28 [ref. 20734]. •Valid as Istiblennius gibbifrons (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Smith-Vaniz & Springer 1971:25 [ref. 4145], Springer 1986:748 [ref. 5719], Winterbottom et al. 1989:61 [ref. 13251]). •Valid as Blenniella gibbifrons (Quoy & Gaimard 1824) -- (Springer & Williams 1994:68 [ref. 21878], Myers 1999:222 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:473 [ref. 24106], Randall 1999:25 [ref. 25829], Nakabo 2000:1103 [ref. 25182], Randall & Earle 2000:18 [ref. 25806], Springer 2001:3543 [ref. 26290], Nakabo 2002:1103 [ref. 26193], Myers & Donaldson 2003:639 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:75 [ref. 27576], Heemstra et al. 2004:3327 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:484 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:460 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:379 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:94 [ref. 30213], Patzner et al. 2009:450 [ref. 30396], Fricke et al. 2013:268 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:148 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2018:308 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:12 [ref. 36883], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:126 [ref. 40104], Williams & Springer 2022:338 [ref. 39951], Fricke et al. 2024:66 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Blenniella gibbifrons (Quoy & Gaimard 1824). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia) and Ducie Island (Pitcairn Group), north to Marcus Island and Midway Islands (U.S.A.), with a gap in the range around Indonesia, Philippines and northern Australia. Habitat: marine.