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Holanthias

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Holanthias is a genus of colourful marine ray-finned fishes in the family Anthiadidae. The two species are restricted to fairly deep reefs in the Southeast Atlantic. Both reach a length of about .

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderPerciformes
  5. FamilySerranidae
Habitatmarine

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
8
Family
Serranidae
Collections
BPBM, MNHN
Recorded in
Nouvelle-Caledonie, Chesterfield(I.)

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Anthiadinae
Image
AnthiasFronticinctusFord.jpg
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Commons category
Holanthias
taxon name
Holanthias
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Holanthias
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Encyclopedic overview

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Holanthias is a genus of colourful marine ray-finned fishes in the family Anthiadidae. The two species are restricted to fairly deep reefs in the Southeast Atlantic. Both reach a length of about .

==Species== In the past this genus included more species, but these have now been moved to other genera; Meganthias, Odontanthias and Pronotogrammus. Based on FishBase, the following two species are currently included in Holanthias: Holanthias caudalis Trunov, 1976 – Ascension Holanthias fronticinctus (Günther, 1868) (St Helena sea perch) – Saint Helena

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