novemstriatus, Apogon Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1838:85, Pl. 22 (fig. 1) [Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3844] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Holotype (unique): lost. •Synonym of Cheilodipterus bipunctatus (Lachner 1951) -- (Dor 1984:116 [ref. 29757]). •Synonym of Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus Cuvier 1828 -- (Gon 1993:49 [ref. 21133]). •Valid as Cheilodipterus novemstriatus (Rüppell 1838) -- (Gon 1993:35 [ref. 21133], Randall 1995:163 [ref. 22896], Carpenter et al. 1997:152 [ref. 23922], Gon & Randall 2003:32 [ref. 26750], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S106 [ref. 27377], Goren et al. 2010:S49 [ref. 38764], Bariche & Azzurro 2012:299 [ref. 41387], Mabuchi et al. 2014:198 [ref. 33426], Irmak & Engin 2015:186 [ref. 33909], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[20] 258 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:73 [ref. 36273], Zajonz et al. 2019:74 [ref. 36871], Eagderi et al. 2019:36 [ref. 37020] as Cheliodipterus n., Kuiter & Kozawa 2019:64 [ref. 36965], Bariche & Fricke 2020:123 [ref. 37515], Golani 2021:45 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:66 [ref. 39014], Fraser et al. 2022:186 [ref. 39752], Gülşahin & Yapici in Langeneck et al. 2023:623 [ref. 40699], Kondylatos in Christidis et al. 2024:460 [ref. 41373]). Current status: Valid as Cheilodipterus novemstriatus (Rüppell 1838). Apogonidae: Apogoninae. Distribution: Red Sea; northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden and Socotra (Yemen) east to Persian Gulf; eastern Mediterranean Sea (Red Sea immigrant). Habitat: marine.