| Citation | Holleman, W. and S.V. Bogorodsky, 2012, A review of the blennioid fish family Tripterygiidae (Perciformes) in the Red Sea, with description of Enneapterygius qirmiz, and reinstatement of Enneapterygius altipinnis Clark, 1980.. Zootaxa 3152:36-60. |
| Ref. | Holleman, W. and S.V. Bogorodsky, 2012 |
| Page | 40;fig.2A,5A-C;tab.1 |
| Named Used as Valid | Enneapterygius abeli |
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| Locality | |
| Distribution | Red Sea (common in the north), east coast of Africa to as far south as KwaZulu-Natal, the Seychelles, southern Madagascar, Réunion and Mauritius, St Brandon Shoals and the Chagos Archipelago; common in some areas; also found in El Quseir. |
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