seychellensis, Stanulus Smith [J. L. B.] 1959:246, Pl. 17 (fig. 13) [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 14; ref. 4123] La Digue Island, Seychelles, western Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 243. •Valid as Stanulus seychellensis Smith 1959 -- (Springer 1968:113 [ref. 7921], Shen et al. 1986:21 [ref. 13821], Myers 1999:228 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:489 [ref. 24106], Randall 1999:26 [ref. 25829], Springer in Randall & Lim 2000:634 [ref. 25122], Springer 2001:3546 [ref. 26290], Allen & Adrim 2003:55 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:641 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:26 [ref. 27624] as Springer 1968, Randall 2005:504 [ref. 28239], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:347 [ref. 28867], Hoese & Bray 2006:1565 [ref. 29000], Fricke et al. 2009:97 [ref. 30213], Patzner et al. 2009:461 [ref. 30396], Allen & Erdmann 2012:837 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:153 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2019:262 [ref. 36673], Williams & Springer 2022:382 [ref. 39951]). Current status: Valid as Stanulus seychellensis Smith 1959. Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Comoros, Seychelles, western Mascarenes (La RĂ©union, Mauritius) and Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory); Caroline Islands, New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and eastern Australia east to Marshall Islands and Henderson (Pitcairn Group), north to southern Taiwan, south to Loyalty Islands (New Caledonia) and Tonga. Habitat: marine.
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