multimaculatus, Laiphognathus Smith [J. L. B.] 1955:24, Fig. 29 [Memorias do Museu Dr. Alvaro de Castro No. 3; ref. 4101] Pemba Island, off Tanzania, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 237. Paratypes: (1) not researched. •Valid as Laiphognathus multimaculatus Smith 1955 -- (Springer 1972:9 [ref. 4178], Springer 1981:700 [ref. 8545], Springer 1986:749 [ref. 5719], Allen & Swainston 1988:128 [ref. 25477], Hiramatsu & Machida 1990 [ref. 16611], Lin et al. 1994:174 [ref. 21512], Allen 1997:206 [ref. 23977], Johnson 1999:746 [ref. 25471] as cf multimaculatus, Kubo & Sasaki 2000:193 [ref. 24530], Springer in Randall & Lim 2000:633 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1110 [ref. 25182], Shimizu 2001:36 [ref. 25799], Hutchins 2001:41 [ref. 25847], Springer 2001:3545 [ref. 26290], Nakabo 2002:1110 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:54 [ref. 26830], Hoese & Bray 2006:1553 [ref. 29000], Murase 2007:287 [ref. 29243], Imamura in Imamura & Satapoomin 2009:250 [ref. 31162], Patzner et al. 2009:456 [ref. 30396], Allen & Erdmann 2012:783 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:180 [ref. 32988], Murase in Motomura et al. 2021:65 [ref. 38121], Williams & Springer 2022:364 [ref. 39951], Allen & Erdmann 2024:1309 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Laiphognathus multimaculatus Smith 1955. Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) and East Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya); Sri Lanka east to New Guinea and Solomon Islands, north to southern Japan, south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.