Species that contain: Pteragogus and enneacanthus [ 2 ] records

amboinensis, Duymaeria Bleeker [P.] 1856:54 [Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 1; ref. 311] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 6545. •Valid as Pteragogus amboinensis (Bleeker 1856) -- (Allen 1997:192 [ref. 23977]). •Synonym of Pteragogus enneacanthus (Bleeker 1853) -- (Randall et al. 1990:333 [ref. 15987], Kuiter 1993:293 [ref. 23929], Parenti & Randall 2000:38 [ref. 24943], Randall 2005:435 [ref. 28239]). Current status: Synonym of Pteragogus enneacanthus (Bleeker 1853). Labridae. Habitat: marine.

enneacanthus, Crenilabrus Bleeker [P.] 1853:120 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 4 (no. 1); ref. 16900] Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH 6546. •Valid as Pteragogus enneacanthus (Bleeker 1853) -- (Kuiter 1993:293 [ref. 23929], Kuiter 1997:276 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:333 [ref. 25919], Chen et al. 1999:115 [ref. 38834] as enneacantus, Johnson 1999:744 [ref. 25471] in Pterogogus, Myers 1999:194 [ref. 23965], Parenti & Randall 2000:38 [ref. 24943], Sadovy & Cornish 2000:211 [ref. 25480], Allen 2000:114 [ref. 25868], Hutchins 2001:269 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3403 [ref. 26277], Allen & Adrim 2003:51 [ref. 26830] in Pterogogus, Myers & Donaldson 2003:634 [ref. 27495], Shibukawa et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:156 [ref. 27510], Randall et al. 2004:23 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:435 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1410 [ref. 29095], Motomura et al. 2010:171 [ref. 31256], Kuiter 2010:163 [ref. 35285], Allen & Erdmann 2012:717 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2019:238 [ref. 36673], Iino & Motomura 2021:22 [ref. 38463], Iino & Motomura 2022:19 [ref. 39155], Iino & Motomura 2022:[7] [ref. 39300]). Current status: Valid as Pteragogus enneacanthus (Bleeker 1853). Labridae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Indonesia east to Philippines, New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Solomon Islands, north to Osumi Islands and Nansei Islands (southern Japan), south to northern Australia. Habitat: marine.