ocellaris, Blennius Linnaeus [C.] 1758:256 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Europe. Syntypes: NRM 36 (2). Type catalog: Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:265 [ref. 20707] with smaller syntype in NHRM LP 36 as putative lectotype. •Valid as Blennius ocellaris Linnaeus 1758 -- (Herrera 1896:66 [ref. 39336], Bath 1973:519 [ref. 7212], Zander in Whitehead et al. 1986:1098 [ref. 13677], Bath & Wirtz 1989:284 [ref. 13307], Bath & Miroz 1997:3 [ref. 23456], Santos et al. 1997:99 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:105 [ref. 24952], Gharred et al. 1998:101 [ref. 23486], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:121 [ref. 26753], Parin 2003:S22 [ref. 28536], Almada et al. 2005:289 [ref. 28398], Golani 2005:53 [ref. 37112], Fricke et al. 2007:97 [ref. 29533], Vasil'eva 2007:128 [ref. 30517], Hastings & Springer 2009:72 [ref. 30395], Patzner et al. 2009:450 [ref. 30396], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:58 [ref. 36649], Levy et al. 2011:410 [ref. 31177], Parin et al. 2014:468 [ref. 33547], Bañón et al. 2016:323 [ref. 34397], Williams & Springer in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2805 [ref. 34618], Artüz & Fricke 2019:558 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:207 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:99 [ref. 36864], Kovačić et al. 2020:31 [ref. 37519], Bañón & Maño 2021:90 [ref. 38887], Golani 2021:70 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:56 [ref. 39014]). Current status: Valid as Blennius ocellaris Linnaeus 1758. Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; Black Sea; eastern Atlantic: English Channel south to Morocco, including Azores. Habitat: marine.