nanus, Tripterygion Schultz [L. P.] in Schultz et al. 1960:288, Fig. 112 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 202, v. 2; ref. 3972] Lagoon reef at Rujoru Island, Eniwetok [Eniwetak] Atoll, western Pacific. Holotype: USNM 142233. Paratypes: USNM 142234-48 (7, 4, 2, 2, 2, 3, 1, 1, 4, 1, 4, 2, 1, 4, 1). Type catalog: Springer & Orrell 1996:28 [ref. 22274]. •Valid as Enneapterygius nanus (Schultz 1960) -- (Fricke 1994:255 [ref. 21827], Shen 1994:16 [ref. 21605], Fricke 1997:242, 569 [ref. 23339], Myers 1999:216 [ref. 23965], Fricke & Williams in Randall & Lim 2000:632 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:41 [ref. 25847], Fricke 2001:4, 5 [ref. 25985], Williams & Fricke 2001:3534 [ref. 26288], Fricke 2002:185 [ref. 29865], Allen & Adrim 2003:53 [ref. 26830], Myers & Donaldson 2003:638 [ref. 27495], Randall et al. 2004:24 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:472 [ref. 28239], Chiang & Chen 2008:197 [ref. 29932], Fricke 2009:40 [ref. 30394], Patzner et al. 2009:445 [ref. 30396], Allen & Erdmann 2012:768 [ref. 31980], Fricke & Erdmann 2017:23, 28 [ref. 35129], Dewa et al. 2023:352 [ref. 40596], Dewa et al. 2024:11 [ref. 40809]). Current status: Valid as Enneapterygius nanus (Schultz 1960). Tripterygiidae: Tripterygiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Marshall Islands, Habitat: marine.