spilotus, Istiblennius Springer [V. G.] & Williams [J. T.] 1994:155, Figs. 52-54 [Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 565; ref. 21878] Tidepools at Boleji Pt., Karachi, Pakistan, Arabian Sea, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: USNM 220913. Paratypes: BMNH 1888.12.29.150-153 (4), 1899.12.29.30-39 (10); BPBM 21353 (4); CAS 35597 (11); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 13136 (1); SMNS 13136 (1); USNM 199617 (2), 217331 (4), 296450-51 (3, 5), 296463 (3), 296465 (1), 296470 (3), 296479 (4), 325131 (7). Type catalog: Fricke 1995:5 [ref. 28100], Fricke 2005:16 [ref. 29864]. •Valid as Istiblennius spilotus Springer & Williams 1994 -- (Randall 1995:318 [ref. 22896], Fricke 1999:483 [ref. 24106], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S117 [ref. 27377], Heemstra et al. 2004:3327 [ref. 27945], Fricke et al. 2009:96 [ref. 30213], Ghanbarifardi & Malek 2009:[4] 498 [ref. 37937], Patzner et al. 2009:455 [ref. 30396], Fricke et al. 2018:312 [ref. 35805], Mehraban & Esmaeili 2018:201 [ref. 36242], Arndt & Fricke 2019:13 [ref. 36883], Eagderi et al. 2019:40 [ref. 37020], Sharafiniya et al. 2021:72 [ref. 38544], Esmaeili et al. 2022:16 [25] [ref. 39526], Williams & Springer 2022:362 [ref. 39951], Fricke et al. 2024:68 [ref. 41255]). Current status: Valid as Istiblennius spilotus Springer & Williams 1994. Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa and Persian Gulf to Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues). Habitat: marine.