WoRMS taxon details
Istiblennius bellus (Günther, 1861)
219297 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219297)
accepted
Species
Istiblennius bellus impudens Smith, 1959 · unaccepted
Istiblennius impudens Smith, 1959 · unaccepted
Salarias bellus Günther, 1861 · unaccepted
Salarias kellersi Fowler, 1932 · unaccepted
Salarias leopardus Fowler, 1938 · unaccepted
Salarias personatus Fowler, 1945 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Istiblennius bellus impudens Smith, 1959 accepted as Istiblennius bellus (Günther, 1861)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Salarias bellus Günther, 1861) Günther, A. (1861). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gobiidae, Discoboli, Pediculati, Blenniidae, Labyrinthici, Mugilidae, Notacanthi. <em>London.</em> v. 3: i-xxv + 1-586 + i-x. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Istiblennius bellus (Günther, 1861). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219297 on 2026-09-26
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Salarias kellersi Fowler, 1932) Fowler, H. W. (1932). The fishes obtained by Lieut. H. C. Kellers of the United States Naval Eclipse Expedition of 1930, at Niuafoou Island, Tonga Group, in Oceania. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 81(2931): 1-9., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.81-2931.1 [details]
original description (of Salarias leopardus Fowler, 1938) Fowler, H. W. (1938). The fishes of the George Vanderbilt South Pacific Expedition, 1937. <em>Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 2: i-v + 1-349, Pls. 1-12. [details]
original description (of Salarias personatus Fowler, 1945) Fowler, H. W. (1945). Fishes from Saipan Island, Micronesia. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 97: 59-74. [details]
original description (of Salarias bellus Günther, 1861) Günther, A. (1861). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gobiidae, Discoboli, Pediculati, Blenniidae, Labyrinthici, Mugilidae, Notacanthi. <em>London.</em> v. 3: i-xxv + 1-586 + i-x. [details]
original description (of Istiblennius bellus impudens Smith, 1959) Smith, J. L. B. (1959). Fishes of the families Blenniidae and Salariidae of the western Indian Ocean. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University.</em> 14: 229-252, Pls. 14-19. [details]
basis of record Bock, K.R. (1996). Checklist of the reef fishes of Diani and Galu, Kenya. Journal of East African natural History 85: 5-22. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Salarias leopardus Fowler, 1938) Fowler, H. W. (1938). The fishes of the George Vanderbilt South Pacific Expedition, 1937. <em>Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 2: i-v + 1-349, Pls. 1-12. [details]
original description (of Salarias personatus Fowler, 1945) Fowler, H. W. (1945). Fishes from Saipan Island, Micronesia. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 97: 59-74. [details]
original description (of Salarias bellus Günther, 1861) Günther, A. (1861). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gobiidae, Discoboli, Pediculati, Blenniidae, Labyrinthici, Mugilidae, Notacanthi. <em>London.</em> v. 3: i-xxv + 1-586 + i-x. [details]
original description (of Istiblennius bellus impudens Smith, 1959) Smith, J. L. B. (1959). Fishes of the families Blenniidae and Salariidae of the western Indian Ocean. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University.</em> 14: 229-252, Pls. 14-19. [details]
basis of record Bock, K.R. (1996). Checklist of the reef fishes of Diani and Galu, Kenya. Journal of East African natural History 85: 5-22. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | imspringer | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Salarias kellersi Fowler, 1932)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Salarias personatus Fowler, 1945)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Salarias bellus Günther, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Salarias leopardus Fowler, 1938)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Istiblennius bellus)
To FishBase (from synonym Istiblennius impudens Smith, 1959)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Istiblennius bellus impudens Smith, 1959)
To FishBase (from synonym Salarias bellus Günther, 1861)
To FishBase (from synonym Salarias kellersi Fowler, 1932)
To FishBase (from synonym Salarias personatus Fowler, 1945)
To FishBase (from synonym Salarias leopardus Fowler, 1938)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 12 proteins) (from synonym Salarias bellus Günther, 1861)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Istiblennius bellus RAD102646-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Istiblennius bellus USNM 293843 radiograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Salarias kellersi USNM 091944 holotype photograph lateral view) (from synonym Salarias kellersi Fowler, 1932)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Salarias kellersi USNM 91944 holotype radiograph lateral view) (from synonym Salarias kellersi Fowler, 1932)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Salarias personatus RAD106329-001) (from synonym Salarias personatus Fowler, 1945)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Salarias personatus RAD106330-001) (from synonym Salarias personatus Fowler, 1945)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Salarias kellersi Fowler, 1932)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Salarias personatus Fowler, 1945)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Salarias bellus Günther, 1861)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Salarias leopardus Fowler, 1938)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Istiblennius bellus)
To FishBase (from synonym Istiblennius impudens Smith, 1959)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Istiblennius bellus impudens Smith, 1959)
To FishBase (from synonym Salarias bellus Günther, 1861)
To FishBase (from synonym Salarias kellersi Fowler, 1932)
To FishBase (from synonym Salarias personatus Fowler, 1945)
To FishBase (from synonym Salarias leopardus Fowler, 1938)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 12 proteins) (from synonym Salarias bellus Günther, 1861)
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Istiblennius bellus RAD102646-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Istiblennius bellus USNM 293843 radiograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Salarias kellersi USNM 091944 holotype photograph lateral view) (from synonym Salarias kellersi Fowler, 1932)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Salarias kellersi USNM 91944 holotype radiograph lateral view) (from synonym Salarias kellersi Fowler, 1932)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Salarias personatus RAD106329-001) (from synonym Salarias personatus Fowler, 1945)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Salarias personatus RAD106330-001) (from synonym Salarias personatus Fowler, 1945)
To ITIS
