guttatus, Salarias Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836:308 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 11; ref. 1005] Vanikoro Island, Santa Cruz Islands, southwestern Pacific. Syntypes: MNHN A-2049 (3). Type catalog: Bauchot 1967:28 [ref. 20734]. •Valid as Salarias guttatus Valenciennes 1836 -- (Bath & Randall 1991:254 [ref. 15518], Bath 1992:234 [ref. 20222], Springer in Randall & Lim 2000:634 [ref. 25122], Springer 2001:3546 [ref. 26290], Allen & Adrim 2003:55 [ref. 26830], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:347 [ref. 28867], Hoese & Bray 2006:1564 [ref. 29000], Imamura in Imamura & Satapoomin 2009:253 [ref. 31162], Patzner et al. 2009:461 [ref. 30396], Allen & Erdmann 2012:834 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:153 [ref. 33932]). Current status: Valid as Salarias guttatus Valenciennes 1836. Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Andaman Sea east to Philippines and Solomon Islands, north to Vietnam, south to Australia. Habitat: marine.