dentex, Ecsenius Springer [V. G.] 1988:69, Pl. 8 (fig. 4); Fig. 35d [Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 465; ref. 6804] Reef near road at Marsa Muqabila, northwestern coast of Gulf of Aqaba, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, Red Sea, depth to 4.1 meters. Holotype: USNM 276351. Paratypes: BPBM 13394 (2), 29663 (5, now 4); HUI E63/33 (2), E63/36 (3), 3531 (1), F-3542 (1), F-3551 (3), F-3553 (3); F-4376 (6); F-4384 (1); ROM 43606 (4); SMF 5119 (1); USNM 200602 (4, 1 c&s), 201754 (3), 204567 (62, not 61), 204568 (20), 204570-71 (36, 39), 276352 (9) Type catalog: Springer et al. 1991:7 [ref. 18888]. •Valid as Ecsenius dentex Springer 1988 -- (Goren & Dor 1994:59 [ref. 25356], Springer & Randall 1999:45 [ref. 24274], Patzner et al. 2009:452 [ref. 30396], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[16] 254 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:138 [ref. 36273], Allen et al. 2019:76 [ref. 36633], Esmaeili et al. 2022:12 [21] [ref. 39526], Williams & Springer 2022:349 [ref. 39951]). Current status: Valid as Ecsenius dentex Springer 1988. Blenniidae: Salariinae. Distribution: Northern Red Sea: Gulf of Aqaba endemic. Habitat: marine.