delicatulus, Glyptoparus Smith [J. L. B.] 1959:249, Pl. 16 (fig. 3) [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 14; ref. 4123] Malindi, Kenya, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 257. Paratypes: not researched. •Valid as Glyptoparus delicatulus Smith 1959 -- (Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:298 [ref. 6441], Winterbottom et al. 1989:61 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1997:523 [ref. 25919], Myers 1999:226 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:481 [ref. 24106], Springer in Randall & Lim 2000:633 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1105 [ref. 25182], Hutchins 2001:41 [ref. 25847], Springer 2001:3545 [ref. 26290], Nakabo 2002:1105 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:54 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:640 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:25 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:494 [ref. 28239], Hoese & Bray 2006:1551 [ref. 29000], Patzner et al. 2009:454 [ref. 30396], Allen & Erdmann 2012:825 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:150 [ref. 33932], Koeda et al. 2016:85 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:311 [ref. 35805], Bourjon & Fricke 2020:260 [ref. 37438], Williams & Springer 2022:357 [ref. 39951], Anto et al. 2024:3 [ref. 40874]). Current status: Valid as Glyptoparus delicatulus Smith 1959. Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa (Mozambique, Kenya), Seychelles, Madagascar, western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) and Lakshadweep (India) east to Pohnpei (Micronesia) and Austral Islands (French Polynesia), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan) and Ogasawara Islands (Japan), south to Western Australia. Habitat: marine.