trinitatis, Ophioblennius Miranda Ribeiro [A. de] 1919:177, Unnum. pl. (fig. 1) [Arquivos do Museu Nacional de Rio de Janeiro v. 22; ref. 15243] Trindade Island, Martin Vaz Islands, off southeastern Brazil, South Atlantic, 20°31'S, 29°19'W. Holotype (unique): MNRJ 5423. Type catalog: Miranda Ribeiro 1955:395 [ref. 12732]. •Synonym of Ophioblennius atlanticus (Valenciennes 1836) -- (Bath 1990:915 [ref. 19373]). •Valid as Ophioblennius trinitatis Miranda Ribeiro 1919 -- (Feitoza et al. 2003:69 [ref. 26943], Vaske et al. 2005:77 [ref. 36155], Figueiredo Mendes 2007:63 [ref. 30523], Rangel & Mendes 2009:52 [ref. 30055], Patzner et al. 2009:458 [ref. 30396], Hastings & Springer 2009:7 [ref. 31156], Pinheiro et al. 2015:28 [ref. 34324], Spier et al. 2018:15 [ref. 36103], Carvalho-Filho et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:284 [ref. 38945], Carvalho-Filho 2023:229 [ref. 40480]). Current status: Valid as Ophioblennius trinitatis Miranda Ribeiro 1919. Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Southwestern Atlantic: Maranhão south to Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) endemic, including offshore islands. Habitat: marine.
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