fasciolatus, Blennechis Valenciennes [A.] (ex Ehrenberg) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836:287 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 11; ref. 1005] Naval Base at Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Neotype: USNM 204487. Type catalog: Bauchot 1967:8 [ref. 20734], Springer et al. 1991:8 [ref. 18888]. Neotype designated by Springer & Gomon 1975:9, 37 [ref. 6083]; original locality Eritrea. •Valid as Omobranchus fasciolatus (Valenciennes 1836) -- (Springer 1972:14 [ref. 4178], Springer & Gomon 1975:34 [ref. 6083], Smith-Vaniz 1976:148 [ref. 4144], Dor 1984:225 [ref. 29757], Springer 1986:750 [ref. 5719], Goren & Dor 1994:60 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:319 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:210 [ref. 23922], Fricke 1999:487 [ref. 24106], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S117 [ref. 27377], Hastings & Springer 2009:72 [ref. 30395], Fricke et al. 2009:96 [ref. 30213], Ghanbarifardi & Malek 2009:[4] 498 [ref. 37937], Patzner et al. 2009:457 [ref. 30396], Fricke et al. 2018:313 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:141 [ref. 36273], Mehraban & Esmaeili 2018:205 [ref. 36242], Eagderi et al. 2019:42 [ref. 37020], Mehraban et al. 2021:[5] [ref. 38229], Sharafiniya et al. 2021:63 [ref. 38544], Esmaeili et al. 2022:19 [28] [ref. 39526], Williams & Springer 2022:370 [ref. 39951]). Current status: Valid as Omobranchus fasciolatus (Valenciennes 1836). Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Distribution: Red Sea; western Indian Ocean: East Africa, Persian Gulf, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion) east to Pakistan and northwestern India. Habitat: marine.