Hollardia
Sign in to saveHollardia is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Triacanthodidae, the spikefishes. These demersal fishes are found in the Western Atlantic Ocean, with one species being found in the Pacific Ocean.
Species
Reticulated Spikefish
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderTetraodontiformes
- FamilyTriacanthodidae
Habitatmarine
Observations4
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Article
7 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Etymology
- Species
- Characteristics
- Distribution and habitat
- Coral Sea
- References
Hollardia is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Triacanthodidae, the spikefishes. These demersal fishes are found in the Western Atlantic Ocean, with one species being found in the Pacific Ocean.
==Taxonomy== Hollardia was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1861 by the Cuban zoologist Felipe Poey when he described Hollardia hollardi as its only species, making that its type species by monotypy. H. hollardi was given a type locality of Havana. In 1968 the American ichthyologist James C. Tyler classified this genus, alongside Parahollardia, in a new subfamily of the family Triacanthodidae, the Hollardiinae. The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies the family Triacanthodidae in the suborder Triacanthoidei in the order Tetraodontiformes.