spirai, Pterygotrigla Golani [D.] & Baranes [A.] 1997:187, Figs. 2-4 [Israel Journal of Zoology v. 43; ref. 22967] Eilat, Gulf of Aqaba, Israel, Red Sea, depth 350 meters. Holotype: HUJ 18087. Paratypes: AMS I.36612-001 (1); BMNH 1997.1.2.1 (1); BPBM 36793 (1); CAS 82478 (1); FMNH 105221 (1); HUJ 11396 (1), 13728 (1), 13956-57 (2, 1), 13960 (3), 14002 (8), 17577-78 (2, 3), 18062 (2); MNHN 1995-1000 (1); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 53796 (1); SMNS 16811 (1); USNM 343800 (1). Type catalog: Golani 2006:25 [ref. 28840], Fricke 2005:63 [ref. 29864]. •Valid as Pterygotrigla spirai Golani & Baranes 1997 -- (Last & Richards 2012:39 [ref. 31796], Bogorodsky & Randall 2018:[23] 261 [ref. 36492], Golani & Fricke 2018:58 [ref. 36273], Yato & Heemstra 2019:197 [ref. 37164], Roy et al. 2023:[6] [ref. 40498]). Current status: Valid as Pterygotrigla spirai Golani & Baranes 1997. Triglidae: Pterygotriglinae. Distribution: Northern Red Sea endemic: Gulf of Aqaba. Habitat: marine.