clarkae, Enneapterygius Holleman [W.] 1982:121, Fig. 6 [Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums (Natural History) v. 14 (pt 4); ref. 2187] Off Barreira Vermelha, Inhaca Island, Mozambique, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 14175. Paratypes: LACM 31617-27 (1); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 7938-39 (1, 2), 9842 (2), 14174 (4), 14176 (1), 14177 (2 c&s) not on shelf, 14629 (4); USNM 231378-82 (1, 1, 1, 1, 3). Type catalog: Springer & Orrell 1996:26 [ref. 22274]. •Synonym of Enneapterygius destai Clark 1980 -- (Fricke 1997:566 [ref. 23339]). •Valid as Enneapterygius clarkae Holleman 1982 -- (Holleman 1986:756 [ref. 5671], Goren & Dor 1994:61 [ref. 25356], Holleman 2005:6 [ref. 28455], Fricke 2009:38 [ref. 30394], Patzner et al. 2009:445 [ref. 30396], Holleman & Bogorodsky 2012:46 [ref. 31735], Fricke & Erdmann 2017:20, 29 [ref. 35129], Fricke et al. 2018:304 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:142 [ref. 36273], Esmaeili et al. 2022:28 [37] [ref. 39526], Holleman 2022:412 [ref. 39961], Sreeraj et al. 2022:649 [ref. 40119]). Current status: Valid as Enneapterygius clarkae Holleman 1982. Tripterygiidae: Tripterygiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Comoros, Madagascar, Saint Brandon's Shoals (Cargados Carajos); Lakshadweep (India). Habitat: marine.
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