bifilum, Blennius Günther [A.] 1861:225 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 3; ref. 1964] No locality stated [is South Africa]. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1859.5.7.70. •Valid as Antennablennius bifilum (Günther 1861) -- (Bath 1983:54 [ref. 5393], Springer 1986:743 [ref. 5719], Randall 1995:313 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:208 [ref. 23922], Fricke 1999:471 [ref. 24106], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S116 [ref. 27377], Heemstra et al. 2004:3327 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:381 [ref. 28072], Fricke et al. 2009:94 [ref. 30213], Ghanbarifardi & Malek 2009:[4] 498 [ref. 37937], Patzner et al. 2009:450 [ref. 30396], Fricke et al. 2018:307 [ref. 35805], Mehraban & Esmaeili 2018:195 [ref. 36242], Arndt & Fricke 2019:11 [ref. 36883], Eagderi et al. 2019:40 [ref. 37020], Mehraban et al. 2021:[5] [ref. 38229], Sharafiniya et al. 2021:67 [ref. 38544], Esmaeili et al. 2022:8 [17] [ref. 39526], Williams & Springer 2022:334 [ref. 39951], Estekani et al. 2024:430 [ref. 41508], Fricke et al. 2024:66 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Antennablennius bifilum (Günther 1861). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Aldabra (Seychelles), Comoros, Mozambique Channel, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to India. Habitat: marine.