blennioides, Batrachoides Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1800:451, 455 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 2; ref. 2709] Northern Ocean. Probably the type: ZMUU Linn. Coll. 181 (1). Unnecessary replacement name for Blennius raninus Linnaeus 1758. Also appeared in Sonnini 1803:393 (vol. 6) [ref. 30473]. •Synonym of Raniceps raninus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Svetovidov 1973:315 [ref. 7169], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:73 [ref. 18936]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Raniceps raninus (Linnaeus 1758). Ranicipitidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.