Species that contain: Scartella and emarginata [ 3 ] records

emarginatus, Blennius Günther [A.] 1861:224 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 3; ref. 1964] No locality. Syntypes: (5) BMNH 1846.9.11.82 (1), 1846.9.11.85 (1). Type locality is Pakistan according to Randall 1995:323 [ref. 22896]. •Valid as Scartella emarginata (Günther 1861) -- (Springer 1986:754 [ref. 5719], Shen et al. 1986:6 [ref. 13821], Krishnan & Mishra 1993:232 [ref. 24016], Randall 1995:323 [ref. 22896], Bath 1996:92 [ref. 22687], Nakabo 2000:1091 [ref. 25182], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:233 [ref. 25480], Nakabo 2002:1091 [ref. 26193], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S117 [ref. 27377], Rangel & Mendes 2009:52 [ref. 30055], Patzner et al. 2009:461 [ref. 30396], Mehraban & Esmaeili 2018:204 [ref. 36242], Araujo et al. 2019:[2] 55 [ref. 37808], Zajonz et al. 2019:93 [ref. 36871] as cf. emarginata, Mochizuki et al. 2021:4 [ref. 38772], Sharafiniya et al. 2021:73 [ref. 38544], Esmaeili et al. 2022:24 [33] [ref. 39526], Williams & Springer 2022:382 [ref. 39951]). Current status: Valid as Scartella emarginata (Günther 1861). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic: southern Angola; Indo-West Pacific: South Africa and Gulf of Oman east to Indonesia, north to Sea of Japan (Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan) and Pacific coast of Kanagawa Prefecture (Japan). Habitat: marine.

punctifer, Blennius Regan [C. T.] 1908:254, Pl. 42 (fig. 2) [Annals of the Natal Government Museum v. 1 (pt 3); ref. 14355] South Africa. Syntypes: (3) BMNH 1862.8.28.12-13 (2) Natal, 1906.11.19.109 (1) Kosi Bay. •Synonym of Scartella emarginata (Günther 1861) -- (Bath 1996:92 [ref. 22687], Williams & Springer 2022:382 [ref. 39951]). Current status: Synonym of Scartella emarginata (Günther 1861). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Habitat: marine.

steindachneri, Blennius Day [F.] 1873:110 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1873 (pt 1) (art. 4) (for 21 Jan. 1873); ref. 14185] Karachi, Sind, Pakistan. Syntypes and/or Day specimens: AMS B.8003 (1, syntype); BMNH 1889.2.1.3582 (1); MZUF 3659 (1); NMW 76508 (1); RMNH 1705 (1); ZSI 2018 (1), 2079-81 (3). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:161 [ref. 23762], Ferraris et al. 2000:302 [ref. 25110]. •Synonym of Scartella emarginata (Günther 1861) -- (Randall 1995:323 [ref. 22896], Bath 1996:92 [ref. 22687], Mehraban & Esmaeili 2018:204 [ref. 36242], Williams & Springer 2022:382 [ref. 39951]). Current status: Synonym of Scartella emarginata (Günther 1861). Blenniidae: Salariinae. Habitat: marine.