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Holanthias fronticinctus

Description

Holanthias fronticinctus (Günther, 1868)

Anthias fronticinctus Günther, 1868

Lectotype: BMNH 1867.10.8.40, 173 mm SL (selected by Anderson & Heemstra, 2012:90). Type locality: off the Island of Saint Helena, South Atlantic Ocean. Illustrations: Anderson & Heemstra, 2012, fig. 24; Edwards, 1990: pl. 11.2; Kuiter, 2004: 17.

D: X, 15 or 16 (usually 15). A: III, 7. P: 19 to 21 (usually 20). C: 15 (8 + 7). V: 26 (10 + 16). S: 2. GR: 38 to 43 (10 to 14 + 26 to 30). LL: 50 to 55. CP: 24 to 26.

Distribution: South Atlantic: Saint Helena, reported from Bonaparte Seamount (ca. 130 kilometers west of Saint Helena), Ascension Island, and Grattan seamount (260 kilometers southeast of Ascension Island).

Notes

Published as part of William D. Anderson, Jr., 2018, Annotated checklist of anthiadine fishes (Percoidei: Serranidae), pp. 1-62 in Zootaxa 4475 (1) on pages 14-15, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4475.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1453283

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Serranidae
Genus
Holanthias
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Perciformes
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Gunther
Species
fronticinctus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Holanthias fronticinctus (Gunther, 1868) sec. Anderson, 2018

References

  • Gunther, A. (1868) Report on a collection of fishes made at St. Helena by J. C. Melliss, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1868, 225 - 228, pls. 18 & 19.
  • Anderson, W. D. Jr. & Heemstra, P. C. (2012) Review of Atlantic and eastern Pacific anthiine fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes: Serranidae), with descriptions of two new genera. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. 102 (2). American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, pp. i - xviii + 1 - 173, figs. 1 - 32, tables 1 - 8, maps 1 - 12.
  • Edwards, A. (1990) Fish and fisheries of Saint Helena Island. Centre for Tropical Coastal Management Studies. Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, viii + 152 pp., 24 pls., 94 figs.
  • Kuiter, R. H. (2004) Basslets, hamlets, and their relatives: A comprehensive guide to selected Serranidae and Plesiopidae. The Marine Fish Families Series. TMC Publishing, Chorleywood, 216 pp., many color figs.