Species that contain: Rhabdoblennius and snowi [ 2 ] records

snowi, Blennius Fowler [H. W.] 1928:431, Fig. 71 [Memoirs of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum. No. 10; ref. 5596] Strong Island, Caroline Islands, western Pacific. Holotype: MCZ 3634. Paratypes: ANSP 66361 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:30 [ref. 13621]. •Valid as Rhabdoblennius snowi (Fowler 1928) -- (Myers 1999:228 [ref. 23965], Allen 2000:92 [ref. 37268], Springer 2001:3546 [ref. 26290], Allen & Adrim 2003:55 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:641 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:25 [ref. 27624], Bath 2004:21 [ref. 28017], Randall 2005:502 [ref. 28239], Patzner et al. 2009:460 [ref. 30396], Allen & Erdmann 2012:832 [ref. 31980]). Current status: Valid as Rhabdoblennius snowi (Fowler 1928). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Christmas Island east to Marshall Islands and Gilbert Islands south to Chesterfield Islands and Grande Terre (New Caledonia) and American Samoa. Habitat: marine.

walensis, Salarias Herre [A. W. C. T.] 1935:437 [Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 18 (no. 12); ref. 2109] Wala Island, Vanuatu. Holotype: FMNH 17393. Paratypes: FMNH 17394 (1), CAS-SU 24436 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:94 [ref. 12291], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:77 [ref. 12367]. Appeared first as name only and spelled walaensis in Herre 1931:14 [ref. 9831]. •In genus Rhabdoblennius -- (Smith-Vaniz & Springer 1971:61 [ref. 4145]). •Valid as Rhabdoblennius walensis (Herre 1935) -- (Springer 2001:3546 [ref. 26290] dated 1931). •Synonym of Rhabdoblennius snowi (Fowler 1928) -- (Bath 2004:12 [ref. 28017]). Current status: Synonym of Rhabdoblennius snowi (Fowler 1928). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Habitat: marine.