dussumieri, Blennechis Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836:282 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 11; ref. 1005] Réunion, western Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-2084. Type catalog: Bauchot 1967:7 [ref. 20734]. •Valid as Aspidontus dussumieri (Valenciennes 1836) -- (Smith-Vaniz 1976:63 [ref. 4144], Dor 1984:222 [ref. 29757], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:297 [ref. 6441], Fukao 1985:88 [ref. 21281], Springer 1986:744 [ref. 5719], Allen & Swainston 1988:128 [ref. 25477], Randall et al. 1990:367 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:340 [ref. 23929], Goren & Dor 1994:59 [ref. 25356], Allen 1997:206 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:332 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:367 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:218 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:471 [ref. 24106], Springer in Randall & Lim 2000:632 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1117 [ref. 25182], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:225 [ref. 25480], Hutchins 2001:41 [ref. 25847], Springer 2001:3543 [ref. 26290], Nakabo 2002:1117 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:53 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S117 [ref. 27377], Myers & Donaldson 2003:639 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:24 [ref. 27624], Heemstra et al. 2004:3327 [ref. 27945], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:382 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:481 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Bray 2006:1542 [ref. 29000], Shao et al. 2008:259 [ref. 29952], Fricke et al. 2009:94 [ref. 30213], Patzner et al. 2009:450 [ref. 30396], Motomura et al. 2010:190 [ref. 31256], Murase et al. 2011:70 [ref. 32403], Allen & Erdmann 2012:787 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:147 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2018:307 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:137 [ref. 36273], Zajonz et al. 2019:94 [ref. 36871], Esmaeili et al. 2022:9 [18] [ref. 39526], Williams & Springer 2022:336 [ref. 39951], Allen & Erdmann 2024:863 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Aspidontus dussumieri (Valenciennes 1836). Blenniidae: Blenniinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Aldabra (Seychelles), Comoros, Madagascar, Saint Brandon's Shoals (Cargados Carajos) and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Society Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), north to southern Japan and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia, northern New South Wales (Australia) and Tonga. Habitat: marine.