pusillus, Enneapterygius Rüppell [W. P. E. S.] 1835:2, Pl. 1 (fig 2) [Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Fische des Rothen Meeres; ref. 3844] Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. Lectotype: SMF 492. Paralectotypes: SMF 492 (1), 4778-79 (2). Lectotype perhaps first established by Fricke 1997:570 [ref. 23339]; Dor's 1984 use of holotype invalid. •Valid as Enneapterygius pusillus Rüppell 1835 -- (Dor 1984:234 [ref. 29757], Holleman 1986:757 [ref. 5671], Goren & Dor 1994:61 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:31 [ref. 21853], Randall 1995:308 [ref. 22896], Fricke 1997:570 [ref. 23339], Carpenter et al. 1997:207 [ref. 23922], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S116 [ref. 27377], Fricke 2009:41 [ref. 30394], Patzner et al. 2009:445 [ref. 30396], Holleman & Bogorodsky 2012:49 [ref. 31735], Golani & Fricke 2018:143 [ref. 36273], Eagderi et al. 2019:119 [ref. 37020], Zajonz et al. 2019:92 [ref. 36871], Esmaeili et al. 2022:30 [39] [ref. 39526], Holleman 2022:418 [ref. 39961]). Current status: Valid as Enneapterygius pusillus Rüppell 1835. Tripterygiidae: Tripterygiinae. Distribution: Red Sea; western Indian Ocean: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Persian Gulf, Socotra (Yemen) and Gulf of Oman east to southern India. Habitat: marine.