pholis, Blennius Linnaeus [C.] 1758:257 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Atlantic. No types known. Neotype designated by Fricke 1999:45 [ref. 24101], but withdrawn in Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. •Valid as Blennius pholis Linnaeus 1758 -- (Herrera 1896:66 [ref. 39336], Bath 1973:523 [ref. 7212]). •Valid as Lipophrys pholis (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Zander in Whitehead et al. 1986:1104 [ref. 13677], Wirtz & Bath 1989:26 [ref. 9298], Bath & Wirtz 1992:272 [ref. 19831], Bath 1996:91 [ref. 22687], Santos et al. 1997:99 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:106 [ref. 24952], Fricke 1999:45 [ref. 24101], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:178 [ref. 26753], Falcón et al. 2003:146 [ref. 39343], Almada et al. 2005:289 [ref. 28398], Stefanni et al. 2006:282 [ref. 30525], Patzner et al. 2009:456 [ref. 30396], Levy et al. 2011:410 [ref. 31177], Williams & Springer in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2805 [ref. 34618], Carneiro et al. 2019:208 [ref. 37250], Bañón & Maño 2021:91 [ref. 38887], Brunken & Sonntag 2021:112 [ref. 38343], Carballo et al. 2021:50 [ref. 39250], Kovačić et al. 2021:56 [ref. 39014]). Current status: Valid as Lipophrys pholis (Linnaeus 1758). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Southwestern Mediterranean Sea; North Sea; eastern Atlantic: southern Norway to Western Sahara, including Madeira and Canary Islands; Azores population distinct. Habitat: marine.