brevipinnis, Blennius Günther [A.] 1861:226 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 3; ref. 1964] (Pacific) Panama. Lectotype: BMNH 1861.8.13.17. Paralectotype: BMNH 1855.9.19.751 (1) Sandwich Is. Also appeared as new in Günther 1862:373 [4] [ref. 1968]. Lectotype selected by Krejsa 1960:331 [ref. 11927]. The original locality of Sandwich Islands is in error. •Valid as Hypsoblennius brevipinnis (Günther 1861) -- (Allen & Robertson 1994:253 [ref. 22193], Hastings in Fischer et al. 1995:928 [ref. 22829], Bath 1996:90 [ref. 22687], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:71 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:533 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:248 [ref. 24555], Bath 2000:176 [ref. 25102], Thomson et al. 2000:199 [ref. 25640], Williams 2003:1772 [ref. 27109], Nelson et al. 2004:166 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:158 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:464 [ref. 28379], Patzner et al. 2009:455 [ref. 30396], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:194 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:168 [ref. 32708], Fourrière et al. 2016:Suppl. p. 14 [ref. 42488], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:149 [ref. 34871], González-Murcia et al. 2019:295 [ref. 36544], Love et al. 2021:195 [ref. 39279], Grove et al. 2022:20 [ref. 41326], Page et al. 2023:158 [ref. 40505], Siccha-Ramirez et al. 2023:179, Fricke et al. 2024:517 [ref. 41622], Victor et al. 2024:79 [ref. 42021]). Current status: Valid as Hypsoblennius brevipinnis (Günther 1861). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to northern Peru, including Gulf of California (Mexico), Cocos Island (Costa Rica) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Western Atlantic immigrant through Panama Canal. IUCN (2010): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.