lineatus, Salarias Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836:314 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 11; ref. 1005] Java, Indonesia. Holotype: MNHN 0000-1396 (or RMNH 17272). Type catalog: Bauchot 1967:28-29 [ref. 20734]. •Valid as Istiblennius lineatus (Valenciennes 1836) -- (Dor 1984:231 [ref. 29757], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:300 [ref. 6441], Fukao 1985:108 [ref. 21281], Shen et al. 1986:36 [ref. 13821], Allen & Swainston 1988:130 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:385 [ref. 15987], Francis 1993:166 [ref. 25479], Springer & Williams 1994:98 [ref. 21878], Krishnan & Mishra 1994:295 [ref. 24014], Randall 1995:317 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:208 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:385 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:228 [ref. 23965], Allen 2000:92 [ref. 37268], Springer in Randall & Lim 2000:633 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1101 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:41 [ref. 25847], Springer 2001:3545 [ref. 26290], Nakabo 2002:1101 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:54 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S117 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:640 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:25 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:125 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:495 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Bray 2006:1552 [ref. 29000], Imamura in Imamura & Satapoomin 2009:249 [ref. 31162], Patzner et al. 2009:455 [ref. 30396], Motomura et al. 2010:194 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:827 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:151 [ref. 33932], Golani & Fricke 2018:140 [ref. 36273], Mehraban & Esmaeili 2018:198 [ref. 36242], Fricke et al. 2019:259 [ref. 36673], Mehraban et al. 2021:[5] [ref. 38229], Esmaeili et al. 2022:17 [26] [ref. 39526], Williams & Springer 2022:361 [ref. 39951]). Current status: Valid as Istiblennius lineatus (Valenciennes 1836). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Lakshadweep (India), Maldives, southern India and Sri Lanka east to Pitcairn Group, north to Japan, south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.