Species that contain: Alticus and saliens and saliens [ 3 ] records

alticus, Salarias Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836:337 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 11; ref. 1005] Sri Lanka. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-0855. Paralectotypes: MNHN A-1793 (2) Red Sea, A-1794 (1) Bay of Ganges, A-1795 (1) New Ireland, A-1797 (1) Java; RMNH 17273 (1) Java. Type catalog: Bauchot 1967:24-25 [ref. 20734]. Composite species, based in part (Red Sea) on Alticus magnusi Klausewitz 1964. Lectotype selected by Williams (not researched, possibly unpublished). •Synonym of Alticus saliens (Lacepède 1800) -- (Dor 1984:227 [ref. 29757]). Current status: Synonym of Alticus saliens (Lacepède 1800). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Habitat: marine.

saliens, Blennius Lacepède [B. G. E.] (ex Commerson) 1800:458, 479 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 2; ref. 2709] New Britain Island, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea. No types known. Type catalog: Bauchot 1967:17 [ref. 20734]. Based on the "Alticus saltatorius" in a manuscript by Philibert Commerson. Also appeared in Sonnini 1803:83, 114 (vol. 7) [ref. 30473]. •Valid as Alticus saliens (Lacepède 1800) (author often given as Forster 1788) -- (Dor 1984:227 [ref. 29757], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:300 [ref. 6441], Shen et al. 1986:26 [ref. 13821], Goren & Dor 1994:58 [ref. 25356], Allen 2000:92 [ref. 37268], Nakabo 2000:1107 [ref. 25182], Springer 2001:3543 [ref. 26290], Nakabo 2002:1107 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:53 [ref. 26830], Imamura in Imamura & Satapoomin 2009:245 [ref. 31162], Patzner et al. 2009:449 [ref. 30396], Allen & Erdmann 2012:800 [ref. 31980], Koeda et al. 2016:84 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2019:255 [ref. 36673], Murase in Motomura et al. 2021:62 [ref. 38121], Fujiwara et al. 2021:[11] [ref. 38207], Esmaeili et al. 2022:7 [16] [ref. 39526]). Current status: Valid as Alticus saliens (Lacepède 1800). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Sri Lanka east to New Ireland (Papua New Guinea), north to Philippines, south to Vanuatu. Habitat: marine.

tridactylus, Blennius Schneider [J. G.] (ex Forster) in Bloch & Schneider 1801:176 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Tana Island [Tanna Island, Vanuatu]. No types known. Based on the jumping blenny ("Blennius saliens") of Forster 1777:v. 2, 343 [ref. 1353]. Name attributable to Schneider, description taken from Forster manuscript (reproduced in Lichtenstein 1844:283-285 [ref. 17531] as "Blennius gobioides"). Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Blennius tridactylus Lacepède 1800. •Synonym of Alticus saliens (Lacepède 1800) -- (Dor 1984:227 [ref. 29757]). •Synonym of Andamia amphibius (Walbaum 1792) -- (Randall & Wheeler 1991:761 [ref. 15994]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Andamia amphibius (Walbaum 1792). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Habitat: marine.