philippinum, Tripterygium Peters [W. (C. H.)] 1868:269 [Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1868; ref. 3442] Coral reef at Paracale [Camarines Norte Province], eastern Luzon Island, Philippines. Lectotype: ZMB 6708. Paralectotype: ZMB 32768 [ex ZMB 6708] (1, = Enneapterygius minutus). Lectotype selected by Fricke 1997:274 [ref. 23339]. Original genus should have been Tripterygion. Most references refer to Enneapterygius minutus (Günther 1867). •Valid as Enneapterygius philippinus (Peters 1868) -- (Fricke 1997:279, 570 [ref. 23339], Fricke 1999:467 [ref. 24106], Fricke & Williams in Randall & Lim 2000:632 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:41 [ref. 25847], Fricke 2001:4 [ref. 25985], Williams & Fricke 2001:3534 [ref. 26288] dated 1869, Nakabo 2002:1081 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:53 [ref. 26830] dated 1869, Myers & Donaldson 2003:638 [ref. 27495] dated 1869, Randall et al. 2004:24 [ref. 27624] dated 1869, Heemstra et al. 2004:3327 [ref. 27945], Randall 2005:473 [ref. 28239] dated 1869, Hoese 2006:1522 [ref. 28998], Chiang & Chen 2008:197 [ref. 29932] dated 1869, Fricke 2009:41 [ref. 30394], Fricke et al. 2009:93 [ref. 30213], Imamura 2009:243 [ref. 30434], Patzner et al. 2009:445 [ref. 30396], Motomura et al. 2010:184 [ref. 31256], Allen & Erdmann 2012:769 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:268 [ref. 32706], Larson et al. 2013:178 [ref. 32988], Fricke et al. 2014:146 [ref. 33932], Fricke & Erdmann 2017:22, 24 [ref. 35129], Koeda et al. 2016:83 [ref. 35333], Fricke et al. 2018:305 [ref. 35805], Arndt & Fricke 2019:32 [ref. 36883], Tashiro in Motomura et al. 2021:60 [ref. 38121], Holleman 2022:417 [ref. 39961], Dewa et al. 2023:354 [ref. 40596]). Current status: Valid as Enneapterygius philippinus (Peters 1868). Tripterygiidae: Tripterygiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Luzon, the Philippines. Habitat: marine.