| Common name | Blennie à bandes bleues |
| Language | French |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
| Country | Maldives |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Nouguier, J. and D. Refait, 1990 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | |
| 1st modifier | |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | 'Blennie' from Latin 'blennius' and Greek 'blenna', i.e., mucus, after the sticky nature of this fish's skin (p. 92 in Ref. 9404); 'à bandes bleues', i.e., blue banded; 'bleue' from Francique 'blao' (p. 92 in Ref. 9404). |