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Holanthias

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Serranidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Perciformes

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Subfamily
  
Anthiadinae

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Odontanthias, Luzonichthys, Hemanthias, Caprodon, Lepidoperca

Blotched anthias holanthias borbonius


Holanthias is a genus of colourful fishes in the subfamily Anthiadinae. The two species are restricted to fairly deep reefs in the Southeast Atlantic. Both reach a length of about 22 cm (8.7 in).

Contents

Holanthias odontanthias borbonius


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
  • St. Helena seaperch, Holanthias fronticinctus (Günther, 1868) – Saint Helena
  • References

    Holanthias Wikipedia