viviparus, Blennius Linnaeus [C.] 1758:258 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] European seas. Possible syntypes: BMNH 1853.11.12.122 [Gronovius coll.] (1, skin), LS 28 (left half-skin). Type catalog: Wheeler 1958:235 [ref. 13434], Wheeler 1985:39 [ref. 20705]. •Valid as Blennius viviparus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Herrera 1896:66 [ref. 39336] with author as Willughby). •Valid as Zoarces viviparus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Berg 1949:1053 [ref. 20662], Andriashev 1973:540 [ref. 9214], Andriashev in Whitehead et al. 1986:1149 [ref. 13677], Anderson 1994:120 [ref. 21438], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:751 [ref. 24702], Reshetnikov 1998:124 [ref. 23570], Anderson & Fedorov 2004:2 [ref. 27603], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:208 [ref. 28183], Chereshev et al. 2007:555 [ref. 29371], Fricke 2007:28 [ref. 30577], Voskoboinikova et al. 2010:704 [ref. 31095], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:129 [ref. 31212], Balushkin 2011:956 [ref. 32449], Parin et al. 2014:430 [ref. 33547], Mecklenburg et al. 2018:368 [ref. 36370]). Current status: Valid as Zoarces viviparus (Linnaeus 1758). Zoarcidae: Zoarcinae. Distribution: Eastern North Atlantic and adjacent Arctic Region. Habitat: marine.