rivulatus, Salaris Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1830:114 [Atlas zu der Reise im nördlichen Africa. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3843] El-Tor, Sinai coast, Egypt, Gulf of Suez, Red Sea. Lectotype: SMF 1843. Possible paralectotypes: RMNH 1808 [ex SMF] (1), SMF 6445 (1). Original genus should have been Salarias. Lectotype selected by Klausewitz 1964:137 [ref. 2295]. •Valid as Istiblennius rivulatus (Rüppell 1830) -- (Dor 1984:231 [ref. 29757], Springer & Williams 1994:100 [ref. 21878], Goren & Dor 1994:60 [ref. 25356], Patzner et al. 2009:455 [ref. 30396], DiBattista et al. 2015:20 [ref. 35706], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[6] 244 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:140 [ref. 36273], Esmaeili et al. 2022:17 [26] [ref. 39526], Williams & Springer 2022:362 [ref. 39951]). Current status: Valid as Istiblennius rivulatus (Rüppell 1830). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Red Sea endemic. Habitat: marine.