Species that contain: Tripterygion and rufopileum [ 2 ] records

howensis, Enneapterygius Fricke [R.] 1997:224, Fig. 42 [ ref. 23339] South end of middle beach, Lord Howe Island, 31°32'S, 159°04'E, depth 0-3 meters. Holotype: AMS I.17368-036. Paratypes: AMS I.5916 (2), I.17368-053 (10); SMNS 19121 (2). Type catalog: Fricke 2005:65 [ref. 29864]. AMS I.5916 are two syntypes of Tripterygion rufopileum Waite 1904. •Valid as Enneapterygius howensis Fricke 1997 -- (Fricke 1997:568 [ref. 23339], Fricke 2001:4 [ref. 25985], Williams & Fricke 2001:3534 [ref. 26288], Fricke 2002:183 [ref. 29865], Hoese 2006:1521 [ref. 28998], Fricke 2009:39 [ref. 30394], Patzner et al. 2009:445 [ref. 30396], Fricke & Erdmann 2017:22, 24 [ref. 35129], Tashiro & Motomura 2018:[8] 259 [ref. 35918]). Current status: Valid as Enneapterygius howensis Fricke 1997. Tripterygiidae: Tripterygiinae. Distribution: Western Pacific: western Coral Sea (Australia), Lord Howe Island and New Caledonia. Habitat: marine.

rufopileum, Tripterygion Waite [E. R.] 1904:182, Pl. 24 (fig. 4) [Records of the Australian Museum v. 5 (no. 3); ref. 4561] Lord Howe Island. Syntypes: (100+) AMS I.5914-15 (6), I.5917-25 (28), I.5926-42 (50), I.5944 (2), I.5945-47 (9). •Valid as Vauclusella rufopilea (Waite 1904) -- (Paulin et al. 1989:219 [ref. 24556]). •Valid as Enneapterygius rufopileus (Waite 1904) -- (Kuiter 1993:325 [ref. 23929], Francis 1993:166 [ref. 25479] as rufopilea, Fricke 1994:273 [ref. 21827], Fricke 1997:314, 571 [ref. 23339], Kuiter 1997:334 [ref. 25488], Fricke 2001:5 [ref. 25985], Williams & Fricke 2001:3534 [ref. 26288], Fricke 2002:189 [ref. 29865], Randall et al. 2004:24 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:474 [ref. 28239], Hoese 2006:1522 [ref. 28998], Fricke 2009:42 [ref. 30394], Patzner et al. 2009:446 [ref. 30396], Fricke & Erdmann 2017:28 [ref. 35129]). Current status: Valid as Enneapterygius rufopileus (Waite 1904). Tripterygiidae: Tripterygiinae. Distribution: Southwestern Pacific. Habitat: marine.