steindachneri, Salarias Pfeffer [G. J.] 1893:143 [15], Pl. 3 (fig. 3) [Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten v. 10; ref. 3461] Bani Island, East Africa. Lectotype: ZMH H410 [ex ZMH 1227] (male). Paralectotypes: ZMH H410 (2, females), 18076 (1). Type catalog: Wilkens & Dohse 1993:407 [ref. 21161] as syntypes. On p. 15 of separate. Type catalog and lectotype designation: Ladiges et al. 1958:165 [ref. 19181]; also same male designated lectotype by Springer & Williams 1994:98 [ref. 21878]. •Synonym of Istiblennius dussumieri (Valenciennes 1836) -- (Bath 1986:356 [ref. 6217]). •Valid as Istiblennius steindachneri (Pfeffer 1893) -- (Springer & Williams 1994:97 [ref. 21878], Randall 1995:317 [ref. 22896], Fricke 1999:483 [ref. 24106], Heemstra et al. 2004:3327 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:495 [ref. 28239], Patzner et al. 2009:455 [ref. 30396], Fricke et al. 2013:269 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2018:313 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:13 [ref. 36883], Williams & Springer 2022:363 [ref. 39951]). Current status: Valid as Istiblennius steindachneri (Pfeffer 1893). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya) east to Seychelles, Mozambique Strait, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues). Habitat: marine.