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 Author Holleman, Wouter Author Bogorodsky, Sergey V. text Zootaxa 2012 3152 36 60 journal article 45708 10.5281/zenodo.279573 7359830e-3896-4dc8-91bc-1c15c4ee2993 1175-5326 279573 Genus Norfolkia Fowler, 1953 Norfolkia Fowler, 1953 : 262 . Type species N. lairdi Fowler, 1952 = Gillias squamiceps McCulloch & Waite, 1916: 449 , by original designation. Diagnosis. Tripterygiid fishes with the following combination of characters: first dorsal fin with four spines; anal fin with two spines; lateral line discontinuous, with an anterior series of pored scales ending below the second dorsal fin, and a posterior series of notched scales from below the end of the anterior series to base of caudal fin; orbital and anterior nasal cirri present. Body and head below and behind eyes heavily scaled with ctenoid scales, except for a few cycloid scales on pectoral-fin bases, abdomen and around vent. Margins of lateral ethmoids ‘crenulate’ (see Holleman 1991 ); septal bone unossified to partially ossified; vomer with single row of coniform teeth, palatines without teeth. Four species, one in the Red Sea.