Species that contain: Rhabdoblennius and nitidus [ 2 ] records

ellipes, Blennius Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.] 1906:702, Fig. 9 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 30 (no. 1462); ref. 10666] Tanegashima, Japan. Holotype: CAS-SU 9361 [not USNM 53272]. Paratypes: CAS-SU 9778 (14); USNM 53272 (11), 61164 (4). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:92 [ref. 12291], Springer et al. 1991:7 [ref. 18888]. Type information: Springer & Eschmeyer 1974:567 [ref. 21415]. •Valid as Rhabdoblennius ellipes (Jordan & Starks 1906) -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:298 [ref. 6441], Fukao 1985:114 [ref. 21281], Shen et al. 1986:23 [ref. 13821], Randall et al. 1990:386 [ref. 15987], Randall et al. 1997:386 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:228 [ref. 23965], Randall 1999:26 [ref. 25829], Springer in Randall & Lim 2000:634 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1104 [ref. 25182] as Rhadoblennius, Randall & Earle 2000:19 [ref. 25806], Nakabo 2002:1104 [ref. 26193] as Rhadoblennius, Myers & Donaldson 2003:640 [ref. 27495], Lobel & Lobel 2004:75 [ref. 27576], Randall et al. 2004:25 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:502 [ref. 28239]). •Synonym of Rhabdoblennius nitidus (Günther 1861) -- (Bath 2004:12 [ref. 28017]). Current status: Synonym of Rhabdoblennius nitidus (Günther 1861). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Habitat: marine.

nitidus, Salarias Günther [A.] 1861:243 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 3; ref. 1964] China. Syntypes: (4) BMNH 1848.3.16.124 (1), 1848.3.16.125 (2?), 1855.9.19.712 (1). •In genus Rhabdoblennius -- (Smith-Vaniz & Springer 1971:58 [ref. 4145]). •Valid as Rhabdoblennius nitidus (Günther 1861) -- (Springer 2001:3546 [ref. 26290], Bath 2004:12 [ref. 28017], Patzner et al. 2009:460 [ref. 30396], Motomura et al. 2010:198 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:832 [ref. 31980], Koeda et al. 2016:86 [ref. 35333], Wada et al. 2021:47 [ref. 38521]). Current status: Valid as Rhabdoblennius nitidus (Günther 1861). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Malaysia, Philippines, China, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands and Japan. Habitat: marine.