Species that contain: Parablennius and tasmanianus [ 7 ] records

caledoniensis, Parablennius tasmanianus Bath [H.] 1989:293, Figs. 1-4, 5a-e, 6a-b, 9 [Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 69 (nos 4/6); ref. 13310] Ducos Peninsula, Nouméa, New Caledonia. Holotype: USNM 195795. Paratypes: SMF 18007 (1); USNM 195794 (1), 195796 (1), 280244 (1). Type catalog: Springer et al. 1991:5 [ref. 18888]. •Synonym of Parablennius tasmanianus (Richardson 1842), but a valid subspecies as described -- (Bath 1996:91 [ref. 22687], Springer 2001:3545 [ref. 26290], Bath 2008:83 [ref. 29600]). •Synonym of Parablennius tasmanianus (Richardson 1842) -- (Fricke & Kulbicki 2006:347 [ref. 28867] dated Richardson 1849). Current status: Synonym of Parablennius tasmanianus (Richardson 1842). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: New Caledonia (subspecies). Habitat: marine.

intermedius, Blennius Ogilby [J. D.] 1915:127 [Memoirs of the Queensland Museum v. 3; ref. 3293] Erub [= Darnley] Island, Queensland, Australia. Holotype: QM I.1450. Paratypes: QM I.1451 (1). •Synonym of Parablennius tasmanianus (Richardson 1842), but a valid subspecies -- (Bath 1989:298 [ref. 13310], Bath 1996:91 [ref. 22687], Johnson 1999:746 [ref. 25471], Springer 2001:3545 [ref. 26290]). •Valid as Parablennius intermedius (Ogilby 1915) -- (Kuiter 1993:336 [ref. 23929], Kuiter 1997:326 [ref. 25488], Hoese & Bray 2006:1559 [ref. 29000], Bath 2008:79 [ref. 29600], Patzner et al. 2009:458 [ref. 30396], Larson et al. 2013:181 [ref. 32988]). Current status: Valid as Parablennius intermedius (Ogilby 1915). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Eastern and northern Australia and New Caledonia; possibly the Solomon Islands. Habitat: brackish, marine.

iredalei, Pictiblennius Whitley [G. P.] 1931:323 [Australian Zoologist v. 6 (pt 4); ref. 4672] Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia. Holotype (unique): AMS I.16407-001 [ex MAMU F1034]. Replacement name for Blennius castaneus Macleay 1881, preoccupied by Blennius castaneus Castelnau 1861; regarded as a replacement name and specimens from Clark I. mentioned on p. 324 are not regarded as types. •Synonym of Parablennius tasmanianus (Richardson 1842) -- (Bath 1996:91 [ref. 22687]). •Synonym of Parablennius intermedius (Ogilby 1815) -- (Hoese & Bray 2006:1559 [ref. 29000], Bath 2008:80 [ref. 29600]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Parablennius intermedius (Ogilby 1915). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Habitat: marine.

maoricus, Blennius Kner [R.] 1864:503 [Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 51; ref. 4928] Auckland, New Zealand [in error]. Holotype (unique): NMW 78544. Apparently appeared first as above, then in Kner 1865:195, Pl. 8 (fig. 3) [ref. 18427]. See Bath 2008:79 [ref. 29600] for comments on status and locality. •Synonym of Blennius tasmanianus Richardson 1842 -- (Bath 2008:78 [ref. 29600]). •Valid as Blennius maoricus Kner 1864 -- (Patzner et al. 2009:458 [ref. 30396]). •Synonym of Parablennius tasmanianus (Richardson 1842), Current status: Synonym of Parablennius tasmanianus (Richardson 1842). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Habitat: marine.

postoculomaculatus, Parablennius tasmanianus Bath [H.] & Hutchins [J. B.] 1986:187, Figs. 24-28, 29a-r [Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 66 (nos 4/6); ref. 5151] Beacon Islands, Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia. Holotype: SMF 17092. Paratypes: Bath coll. (2); SMF 17093-94 (1, 1); WAM P.25850-008 (10). Type catalog: Hutchins & Smith 1991:37 [ref. 19335], Moore et al. 2008:40 [ref. 30117]. •Synonym of Parablennius tasmanianus (Richardson 1842), but a valid subspecies as described -- (Bath 1989:298 [ref. 13310], Bath 1996:92 [ref. 22687]). •Valid as Parablennius postoculomaculatus Bath & Hutchins 1986 -- (Hutchins 2001:41 [ref. 25847], Hoese & Bray 2006:1559 [ref. 29000], Bath 2008:88 [ref. 29600], Smith-Vaniz 2008:695 [ref. 30654], Hoschke et al. 2019:159 [ref. 36626]). Current status: Valid as Parablennius postoculomaculatus Bath & Hutchins 1986. Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Southeastern Indian Ocean: Western Australia. Habitat: brackish, marine.

tasmanianus, Blennius Richardson [J.] 1842:129 [Transactions of the Zoological Society of London v. 3 (pt 1) (art. 5); ref. 13097] Port Arthur, Tasmania, Australia. Syntypes: (2) BMNH 1855.9.19.714 (1). First mentioned as Blennius tasmanius in name only and without characters in Richardson 1939:99 [ref. 3732]. •Valid as Parablennius tasmanianus (Richardson 1842) -- (Bath 1989:293 [ref. 13310], Kuiter 1993:336 [ref. 23929], Gomon et al. 1994:730 [ref. 22532], Bath 1996:91 [ref. 22687]). •Valid as Parablennius tasmanianus (Richardson 1842) -- (Kuiter 1997:326 [ref. 25488], Hoese & Bray 2006:1560 [ref. 29000], Bath 2008:78 [ref. 29600], Smith-Vaniz 2008:696 [ref. 30654], Patzner et al. 2009:459 [ref. 30396]). Current status: Valid as Parablennius tasmanianus (Richardson 1842). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Southeastern Australia: Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia. Habitat: brackish, marine.

victoriae, Blennius Fowler [H. W.] 1908:442, Fig. 10 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 59; ref. 1377] Victoria, Australia. Holotype: ANSP 33128. Paratypes: ANSP 33129-30 (2, in jar with holotype). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:31 [ref. 13621]. •Synonym of Parablennius tasmanianus (Richardson 1842) -- (Bath 1996:91 [ref. 22687], Hoese & Bray 2006:1560 [ref. 29000], Bath 2008:78 [ref. 29600]). Current status: Synonym of Parablennius tasmanianus (Richardson 1842). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.