filamentosum, Pelor Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:428, Pl. 94 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 4; ref. 998] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-6714. Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1968:27 [ref. 20738], Inaba & Motomura 2018:69 [ref. 36154]. •Valid as Inimicus filamentosus (Cuvier 1829) -- (Eschmeyer et al. 1979:484 [ref. 6385], Dor 1984:87 [ref. 29757], Goren & Dor 1994:21 [ref. 25356], Fricke 1999:155 [ref. 24106], Poss 1999:2307 [ref. 24796], Mandrytsa 2001:273 [ref. 25636], Fricke et al. 2009:39 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2018:137 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:56 [ref. 36273], Inaba & Motomura 2018:69 [ref. 36154], Zajonz et al. 2019:69 [ref. 36871], Poss 2022:570 [ref. 39726]). Current status: Valid as Inimicus filamentosus (Cuvier 1829). Synanceiidae: Choridactylinae. Distribution: Red Sea; western Indian Ocean: East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles and Madagascar east to Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues) and Maldives. Habitat: marine.