abeli, Tripterygion Klausewitz [W.] 1960:11, Figs. 1-2 [Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 41 (nos 1/2); ref. 11926] Hurghada, Red Sea Governorate, Egypt, Red Sea. Holotype: SMF 4780. Paratypes: SMF 4781-82 (1, 1). •Valid as Enneapterygius abeli (Klausewitz 1960) -- (Dor 1984:233 [ref. 29757], Holleman 1986:756 [ref. 5671], Fricke 1987:336 [ref. 9108], Winterbottom et al. 1989:62 [ref. 13251], Goren & Dor 1994:61 [ref. 25356], Fricke 1997:565 [ref. 23339], Fricke 1999:466 [ref. 24106], Holleman 2005:4 [ref. 28455], Fricke 2009:38 [ref. 30394], Patzner et al. 2009:444 [ref. 30396], Holleman & Bogorodsky 2012:40 [ref. 31735], Fricke et al. 2013:268 [ref. 32706], Fricke et al. 2018:303 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:142 [ref. 36273], Arndt & Fricke 2019:31 [ref. 36883], Zajonz et al. 2019:92 [ref. 36871], Esmaeili et al. 2022:28 [37] [ref. 39526], Holleman 2022:410 [ref. 39961]). Current status: Valid as Enneapterygius abeli (Klausewitz 1960). Tripterygiidae: Tripterygiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros, Madagascar and Mascarenes (Mauritius) east to Chagos Archipelago (British Indian Ocean Territory). Habitat: marine.