similis, Enneapterygius Fricke [R.] 1997:326, Fig. 68 [ ref. 23339] Ibahos Island, western side, north end, Batanes Province, Philippines, 20°20'10"N, 121°49'10"E, depth 2-5 meters. Holotype: USNM 293726. Paratypes: AMS (3 lots, 143), BPBM (1), SMNS (4 lots, 24), USNM (22 lots, 347), WAM P.30416-011 (1). Type catalog: Fricke 2005:67 [ref. 29864], Moore et al. 2008:41 [ref. 30117]. •Valid as Enneapterygius similis Fricke 1997 -- (Shimojyo & Hayashi 2000:52 [ref. 24903], Fricke & Williams in Randall & Lim 2000:632 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1086 [ref. 25182], Fricke 2001:4 [ref. 25985], Williams & Fricke 2001:3534 [ref. 26288], Nakabo 2002:1086 [ref. 26193], Fricke 2002:190 [ref. 29865], Allen & Adrim 2003:53 [ref. 26830], Randall 2005:475 [ref. 28239], Hoese 2006:1522 [ref. 28998], Fricke 2009:42 [ref. 30394], Patzner et al. 2009:446 [ref. 30396], Meguro & Motomura 2010:6 [ref. 31252], Allen & Erdmann 2012:770 [ref. 31980], Fricke & Erdmann 2017:24 [ref. 35129], Tashiro in Motomura et al. 2021:60 [ref. 38121], Wada et al. 2021:46 [ref. 38521], Dewa & Motomura 2022:[11] [ref. 39404], Dewa et al. 2023:349 [ref. 40596], Fricke et al. 2024:27 [ref. 41177]). Current status: Valid as Enneapterygius similis Fricke 1997. Tripterygiidae: Tripterygiinae. Distribution: Eastern Indo-West Pacific: eastern Malaya (Malaysia) and Indonesia east to Philippines and Vanuatu, north to Amami Islands (southern Japan), south to northern Australia and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.