aequipinnis, Blennius Günther [A.] 1861:225 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 3; ref. 1964] Western Africa. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1851.8.26.10. Western Atlantic identifications of this species apparently are in error. •Valid as Hypleurochilus aequipinnis (Günther 1861) -- (Randall 1966:61 [ref. 9054], Greenfield & Johnson 1981:69 [ref. 5580], Robins & Ray 1986:230 [ref. 23100], Bath 1990:906 [ref. 19373], Bath 1994:75 [ref. 21627], Cervigón 1994:120 [ref. 24488], Bath 1996:90 [ref. 22687], Afonso et al. 1999:78 [ref. 25466], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:166 [ref. 27754], Wirtz et al. 2007:16 [ref. 30263], Patzner et al. 2009:454 [ref. 30396], Pinheiro et al. 2013:95 [ref. 32885], Williams & Springer in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2805 [ref. 34618], Reiner 2019:251 [ref. 38139], Baptista et al. 2021:[6] [ref. 38204], Fermon et al. 2022:274 [ref. 39448], Carter et al. 2023:2 [ref. 40556]). Current status: Valid as Hypleurochilus aequipinnis (Günther 1861). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Morocco south to central Angola, including Canary Islands, Cape Verde Islands, and São Tomé and Principe. A similar species in western Atlantic (northern Gulf of Mexico) as H. cf. aequipinnis (Carter et al. 2023:2 [ref. 40556]). Habitat: marine.