dussumieri, Salarias Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836:310 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 11; ref. 1005] Malabar [Malabar region, India, Arabian Sea]. Lectotype: MNHN A-1740 (smaller spec., 68 mm SL). Paralectotypes: MNHN A-1740 (1, 77 mm SL). Type catalog: Bauchot 1967:27 [ref. 20734]. Lectotype selected by Springer & Williams 1994:137 [ref. 21878]. Salarias forsteri and Salarias dussumieri were published simultaneously; Springer & Williams 1994:121 [ref. 21878] act as first revisers, selecting dussumieri over forsteri. •Valid as Istiblennius dussumieri (Valenciennes 1836) -- (Springer 1986:748 [ref. 5719], Bath 1986:356 [ref. 6217], Shen et al. 1986:40 [ref. 13821], Randall et al. 1990:384 [ref. 15987], Krishnan & Mishra 1993:232 [ref. 24016], Francis 1993:166 [ref. 25479], Springer & Williams 1994:131 [ref. 21878], Poll & Gosse 1995:119 [ref. 24781], Randall et al. 1997:384 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:226 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:482 [ref. 24106], Springer in Randall & Lim 2000:633 [ref. 25122], Lee et al. 2000:20 [ref. 25175], Allen 2000:117 [ref. 25868], Springer 2001:3545 [ref. 26290], Allen & Adrim 2003:54 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S117 [ref. 27377], Heemstra et al. 2004:3327 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:495 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Bray 2006:1551 [ref. 29000], Fricke et al. 2009:96 [ref. 30213], Imamura in Imamura & Satapoomin 2009:249 [ref. 31162], Patzner et al. 2009:455 [ref. 30396], Motomura et al. 2010:193 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:826 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:150 [ref. 33932], Kwun et al. 2017:142 [ref. 37287], Fricke et al. 2018:312 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:13 [ref. 36883]. Zajonz et al. 2019:93 [ref. 36871], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 15 [ref. 38321], Akash et al. 2021:6 [ref. 38095], Fuad et al. 2020:[2] [ref. 38755], Murase in Motomura et al. 2021:64 [ref. 38121], Williams & Springer 2022:360 [ref. 39951], Fricke et al. 2024:68 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Istiblennius dussumieri (Valenciennes 1836). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Society Islands (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan, south to New South Wales (Australia), Lord Howe Island (Australia) and Norfolk Island (Australia). Habitat: brackish, marine.