Species that contain: Hypleurochilus and bananensis [ 2 ] records

bananensis, Blennius Poll [M.] 1959:63, Fig. 22 [Résultats Scientifiques. Expédition Océanographique Belge dans les Eaux Côtières Africaines de l'Atlantique Sud (1948-1949). Bruxelles. v. 4 (no. 3B); ref. 12014] Moanda Tonde, French Equatorial Africa. Holotype: MRAC 71526. Paratypes: IRSNB 376 (1), MRAC 71114 (1). Type catalog: Walschaerts 1987:44 [ref. 20755], Derijst 1991:31 [ref. 21528]. •Valid as Hypleurochilus bananensis (Poll 1959) -- (Bath 1973:527 [ref. 7212], Zander in Whitehead et al. 1986:1099 [ref. 13677], Bath 1990:907 [ref. 19373], Nieto & Alberto 1990:361 [ref. 23687], Bath 1996:90 [ref. 22687], Gharred et al. 1998:102 [ref. 23486], Golani 2005:53 [ref. 37112], Patzner et al. 2009:454 [ref. 30396], Pinheiro et al. 2013:95 [ref. 32885], Tiralongo et al. 2016:127 [ref. 40560], Williams & Springer in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2805 [ref. 34618], Carneiro et al. 2019:207 [ref. 37250], Golani 2021:70 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:56 [ref. 39014], Tiralongo & Azzurro in Tsagarakis et al. 2021:631 [ref. 38798], Fermon et al. 2022:274 [ref. 39448] possible). Current status: Valid as Hypleurochilus bananensis (Poll 1959). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; eastern Atlantic; Portugal south to Republic of Congo. Habitat: marine.

phrynus, Hypleurochilus Bath [H.] 1965:252, Figs. 1-3 [Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 46 (no. 4); ref. 9197] Off harbor of Port of Algeria, Mediterranean Sea. Holotype: SMF 7796. Paratypes: SMF 7797-98 (2). •Synonym of Hypleurochilus bananensis (Poll 1959) -- (Bath 1973:527 [ref. 7212], Zander in Whitehead et al. 1986:1099 [ref. 13677], Nieto & Alberto 1990:361 [ref. 23687], Bath 1990:907 [ref. 19373], Bath 1996:90 [ref. 22687], Golani 2005:53 [ref. 37112]). Current status: Synonym of Hypleurochilus bananensis (Poll 1959). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Habitat: marine.