ruber, Blennius Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836:211 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 11; ref. 1005] Atlantic. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot 1967:17 [ref. 20734]. Based on a manuscript description and figure. •Questionably in the synonymy of Blennius gattorugine Brünnich [sic] 1768 -- (Bath 1973:521 [ref. 7212]). •Valid as Parablennius ruber (Valenciennes 1836) -- (Zander in Whitehead et al. 1986:1109 [ref. 13677], Bath 1996:91 [ref. 22687], Santos et al. 1997:101 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:107 [ref. 24952], Almada et al. 2005:289 [ref. 28398], Almada et al. 2005:520 [ref. 28599], Almada et al. 2007:248 [ref. 30524], Patzner et al. 2009:458 [ref. 30396], Williams & Springer in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2805 [ref. 34618], Carneiro et al. 2019:210 [ref. 37250], Iglésias et al. 2020:297 [ref. 37987], Bañón & Maño 2021:90 [ref. 38887]). Current status: Valid as Parablennius ruber (Valenciennes 1836). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Southwestern Mediterranean Sea; eastern Atlantic: Galicia (Spain) south to Portugal, including Azores and Madeira. Habitat: marine.