tentacularis, Blennius Brünnich [M. T.] 1768:26 [Ichthyologia Massiliensis, sistens piscium descriptiones eorumque apud incolas nomina; ref. 17290] Marseille, France, western Mediterranean Sea. No types known. Blennius tentaculatus Lacepède 1800:473 [ref. 2709] is an unjustified emendation, which also appeared in Sonnini 1803:105 (vol. 7) [ref. 30473]. •Valid as Blennius tentacularis Brünnich 1768 -- (Herrera 1896:66 [ref. 39336], Bath 1973:525 [ref. 7212], Ninua & Japoshvili 2008:172 [ref. 31251]). •Valid as Parablennius tentacularis (Brünnich 1768) -- (Zander in Whitehead et al. 1986:1110 [ref. 13677], Bath 1990:911 [ref. 19373], Golani 1996:27 [ref. 22271], Bath 1996:92 [ref. 22687], Gharred et al. 1998:103 [ref. 23486], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:124 [ref. 26753], Parin 2003:S23 [ref. 28536], Almada et al. 2005:289 [ref. 28398], Golani 2005:54 [ref. 37112], Vassilev & Pehlivanov 2005:180 [ref. 28369], Fricke et al. 2007:98 [ref. 29533], Vasil'eva 2007:131 [ref. 30517], Patzner et al. 2009:459 [ref. 30396], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:60 [ref. 36649], Parin et al. 2014:469 [ref. 33547], Williams & Springer in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2806 [ref. 34618], Artüz & Fricke 2019:559 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:211 [ref. 37250], Khutornoy & Kvach 2019:919 [ref. 37129], Bariche & Fricke 2020:56 [ref. 37515], Kovačić et al. 2020:33 [ref. 37519], Abliazov et al. 2021:10 [ref. 38576], Golani 2021:72 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:57 [ref. 39014], Niță et al. 2022:60 [ref. 40471], Renoult et al. 2023:40 [ref. 40491], Ergüden et al. 2024:91 [ref. 41050]). Current status: Valid as Parablennius tentacularis (Brünnich 1768). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; Black Sea; eastern Atlantic: Bay of Biscay south to Senegal, including Madeira and Canary Islands. Habitat: brackish, marine.