Species that contain: Istiblennius and periophthalmus [ 3 ] records

biseriatus, Salarias Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836:316 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 11; ref. 1005] Indian Archipelago. Holotype: ?MNHN A-2150. Type catalog: Bauchot 1967:25 [ref. 20734]; see also Springer & Williams 1994:67 [ref. 21878] for nomenclatural comments. •Synonym of Istiblennius periophthalmus (Valenciennes 1836), but a valid subspecies -- (Dor 1984:231 [ref. 29757]). •Synonym of Blenniella periophthalmus (Valenciennes 1836) -- (Springer & Williams 1994:65 [ref. 21878], Golani & Fricke 2018:138 [ref. 36273]). Current status: Synonym of Blenniella periophthalmus (Valenciennes 1836). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Habitat: marine.

paulus, Salarias Bryan [W. A.] & Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1903:136 [Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History v. 2 (no. 1); ref. 15652] Marcus Island, western Pacific. Holotype (unique): BPBM 2455. •Synonym of Istiblennius periophthalmus (Valenciennes 1836) -- (Randall et al. 1990:385 [ref. 15987]). •Valid as Blenniella paula (Bryan & Herre 1903) -- (Springer & Williams 1994:65 [ref. 21878], Randall et al. 1997:385 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:223 [ref. 23965], Randall 1999:25 [ref. 25829], Nakabo 2000:1102 [ref. 25182], Randall & Earle 2000:18 [ref. 25806], Springer 2001:3543 [ref. 26290], Nakabo 2002:1102 [ref. 26193], Myers & Donaldson 2003:639 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:75 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:25 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:484 [ref. 28239], Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:346 [ref. 28867], Hoese & Bray 2006:1544 [ref. 29000], Patzner et al. 2009:450 [ref. 30396], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988], Balisco et al. 2023:5 [ref. 39932]). Current status: Valid as Blenniella paula (Bryan & Herre 1903). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Western Pacific. Habitat: marine.

periophthalmus, Salarias Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836:311, Pl. 328 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 11; ref. 1005] Tikopia Island, Solomon Islands, western Pacific. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-0857. Type catalog: Bauchot 1967:30 [ref. 20734] with a holotype that becomes the lectotype since it was not known how many specimens were originally included (see Springer & Williams 1994:66-67 [ref. 21878] for nomenclatural comments). Misspelled Salarias percophthalmus by Swainson 1839:274 [ref. 4304]. Misspelled Salarias periopthalmus by Waite 1899:545 [ref. 17824]. The name periophthalmus is a noun and should retain that spelling when in Blenniella. •Valid as Istiblennius periophthalmus (Valenciennes 1836) -- (Dor 1984:231 [ref. 29757], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:300 [ref. 6441], Springer 1986:749 [ref. 5719], Shen et al. 1986:36 [ref. 13821], Allen & Swainston 1988:130 [ref. 25477], Winterbottom et al. 1989:61 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:385 [ref. 15987], Randall et al. 1994:238 [ref. 21645], Goren & Dor 1994:60 [ref. 25356]). •Valid as Blenniella periophthalmus (Valenciennes 1836) -- (Springer & Williams 1994:65 [ref. 21878], Randall 1995:315 [ref. 22896], Allen 1997:208 [ref. 23977], Anderson et al. 1998:26 [ref. 23611], Myers 1999:223 [ref. 23965] as periophthalma, Carpenter et al. 1997:209 [ref. 23922], Fricke 1999:473 [ref. 24106], Allen 2000:92 [ref. 37268], Springer in Randall & Lim 2000:632 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1102 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:41 [ref. 25847], Springer 2001:3543 [ref. 26290], Nakabo 2002:1102 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:53 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S116 [ref. 27377], Heemstra et al. 2004:3327 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:484 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Bray 2006:1544 [ref. 29000], Fricke et al. 2009:94 [ref. 30213], Patzner et al. 2009:450 [ref. 30396], Motomura et al. 2010:190 [ref. 31256], llen & Erdmann 2012:804 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:268 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2014:148 [ref. 33932], Fricke et al. 2018:308 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:138 [ref. 36273], Arndt & Fricke 2019:12 [ref. 36883], Dalleau-Coudert et al. 2019:127 [ref. 40104], Eagderi et al. 2019:41 [ref. 37020], Zajonz et al. 2019:94 [ref. 36871], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 15 [ref. 38321], Esmaeili et al. 2022:10 [19] [ref. 39526], Williams & Springer 2022:339 [ref. 39951]). Current status: Valid as Blenniella periophthalmus (Valenciennes 1836). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: South Africa, East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.), Marquesas Islands and Gambier Islands (French Polynesia), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia, New Caledonia and Austral Islands (French Polynesia). Habitat: marine.