nigrolineatus, Meiacanthus Smith-Vaniz [W. F.] 1969:351, Fig. 1 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 82; ref. 18727] Straits of Jubal, Egypt, 27°14'34"N, 33°53'55"E, Red Sea. Holotype: USNM 200301. Paratypes: USNM 200601 (4, 1 c&s), 201480 (3), 201485 (1). Type catalog: Springer et al. 1991:16 [ref. 18888]. •Valid as Meiacanthus nigrolineatus Smith-Vaniz 1969 -- (Smith-Vaniz 1976:95 [ref. 4144], Dor 1984:223 [ref. 29757], Smith-Vaniz 1987:30 [ref. 6404], Goren & Dor 1994:60 [ref. 25356], Smith-Vaniz et al. 2001:33 [ref. 26213], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S117 [ref. 27377], Patzner et al. 2009:456 [ref. 30396], Smith-Vaniz & Allen 2011:40 [ref. 31543], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[16] 254 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:140 [ref. 36273], Zajonz et al. 2019:94 [ref. 36871], Esmaeili et al. 2022:18 [27] [ref. 39526], Williams & Springer 2022:365 [ref. 39951]). Current status: Valid as Meiacanthus nigrolineatus Smith-Vaniz 1969. Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden, Socotra (Yemen). Habitat: marine.