brevis, Salarias Kner [R.] 1868:29 [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 58 (nos 1-2); ref. 6074] Savai'i Island, Schiffer Island, Samoa. Holotype: NMW 75387. Possible types: ZMH H463 (1) [ex MGH 5062] Ponape. Type catalog: Ladiges 1958:171 [ref. 19182], Wilkens & Dohse 1993:409 [ref. 21161]. Appeared in more detail in Kner 1868:334 [42 of separate], Pl. 6 (fig. 18) [ref. 2646]. •Valid as Exallias brevis (Kner 1868) -- (Dor 1984:229 [ref. 29757], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:299 [ref. 6441], Fukao 1985:101 [ref. 21281], Shen et al. 1986:14 [ref. 13821], Springer 1986:746 [ref. 5719], Allen & Swainston 1988:128 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:60 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:383 [ref. 15987], Goren & Dor 1994:60 [ref. 25356], Allen 1997:206 [ref. 23977], Randall et al. 1997:383 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:226 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:480 [ref. 24106], Randall 1999:25 [ref. 25829], Allen 2000:92 [ref. 37268], Springer in Randall & Lim 2000:633 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1093 [ref. 25182], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:399 [ref. 25191], Randall & Earle 2000:18 [ref. 25806], Allen 2000:117 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:41 [ref. 25847], Springer 2001:3544 [ref. 26290], Nakabo 2002:1093 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:54 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:640 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:25 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3327 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:384 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:494 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:463 [ref. 28379], Hoese & Bray 2006:1551 [ref. 29000], Randall 2007:382 [ref. 30952], Fricke et al. 2009:96 [ref. 30213], Patzner et al. 2009:454 [ref. 30396], Allen & Erdmann 2012:824 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:269 [ref. 32706], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988], Golani & Fricke 2018:139 [ref. 36273], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:126 [ref. 40104], Esmaeili et al. 2022:15 [24] [ref. 39526], Williams & Springer 2022:356 [ref. 39951], Fricke et al. 2024:67 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Exallias brevis (Kner 1868). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Seychelles, Comoros, Mozambique Channel and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), Marquesas Islands (French Polynesia)and Henderson Island (Pitcairn Group), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan) and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia, New Caledonia and Rapa (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.