parvus, Alloblennius Springer [V. G.] & Spreitzer [A. E.] 1978:4, Fig. 1 [Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 268; ref. 4181] Surge channel at far end of cove, 0.5 kilometers north of Iconi, N'Gouni Reef, Grand Comore Island, western Indian Ocean, depth to 5 meters. Holotype: CAS 33590. Paratypes: ANSP 137862 (7); BMNH 1977.1.10.13-15 (3) [ex CAS 33601]; BPBM 20467 (4); CAS 36966 (10); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 913 (5, not found in 1996); USNM 216309 (6, 3 c&s), 216310 [ex CAS 33606] (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:29 [ref. 13621], Springer et al. 1991:18 [ref. 18888]. •Valid as Alloblennius parvus Springer & Spreitzer 1978 -- (Springer 1986:74 [ref. 5719], Randall 1995:312 [ref. 22896], Springer et al. 1998:23 [ref. 23434], Fricke 1999:470 [ref. 24106], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S116 [ref. 27377], Patzner et al. 2009:449 [ref. 30396], Smith-Vaniz & Allen 2012:60 [ref. 31806], Fricke et al. 2018:306 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:11 [ref. 36883], Zajonz et al. 2019:94 [ref. 36871] as cf. parvus, Esmaeili et al. 2022:6 [15] [ref. 39526], Williams & Springer 2022:330 [ref. 39951]). Current status: Valid as Alloblennius parvus Springer & Spreitzer 1978. Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) to Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius); Oman. Habitat: marine.
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