nikii, Trichonotus Clark [E.] & von Schmidt [K.] 1966:29, Figs. 1-3 [Bulletin, Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Fisheries, Sea Fisheries Research Station Haifa No. 42; ref. 9024] Eilat, Israel, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, depth 10 meters. Holotype (unique): HUJ 10100 [ex E64/80]. Type catalog: Golani 2006:30 [ref. 28840]. •Valid as Trichonotus nikii Clark & von Schmidt 1966 -- (Dor 1984:221 [ref. 29757], Shimada & Yoshino 1984:18 [ref. 6733], Randall & Tarr 1994:311 [ref. 21640], Goren & Dor 1994:57 [ref. 25356], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S116 [ref. 27377], Katayama & Endo 2010:1 [ref. 30819], DiBattista et al. 2015:21 [ref. 35706], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[16] 254 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:134 [ref. 36273], Katayama et al. 2022:301 [ref. 39943]). Current status: Valid as Trichonotus nikii Clark & von Schmidt 1966. Trichonotidae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden. IUCN (2023): Not assessed. Habitat: marine.