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Genera in the family or subfamily Holocentrinae: [ 14 ] records

Adioryx Starks [E. C.] 1908:614 Masc. Holocentrum suborbitale Gill 1863. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Correct spelling for genus of type species is Holocentrus. •Valid as Adioryx Starks 1908 -- (Woods & Sonoda 1973:349 [ref. 6899]). •Synonym of Sargocentron Fowler 1904 -- (Matsuura & Shimizu 1982 [ref. 5503], Randall & Heemstra 1985:5 [ref. 5144], Randall & Heemstra 1986:417 [ref. 5707], Kotlyar 1996:83 [ref. 23292], Randall 1998:5 [ref. 23300], Greenfield 2003:1201 [ref. 27041], Kottelat 2013:301 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Sargocentron Fowler 1904. Holocentridae: Holocentrinae.

Beloholocentrus Fowler [H. W.] 1944:100 Masc. Beloholocentrus atractus Fowler 1944. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Holocentrus Scopoli 1777 -- (see Böhlke 1984:113 [ref. 13621], Kotlyar 1996:82 [ref. 23292] as Belonocentrus). Current status: Synonym of Holocentrus Scopoli 1777. Holocentridae: Holocentrinae.

Cephalofarer (subgenus of Holocentrus) Whitley [G. P.] 1933:69 Masc. Holocentrum sicciferum Cope 1871. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Correct spelling for genus of type species is Holocentrus. Treated as masculine, Art. 30.2.4. •Synonym of Sargocentron Fowler 1904 -- (Randall & Heemstra 1985:5 [ref. 5144], Kotlyar 1996:83 [ref. 23292], Randall 1998:5 [ref. 23300], Kottelat 2013:301 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Sargocentron Fowler 1904. Holocentridae: Holocentrinae.

Dispinus Li [S.-H.] in Li, Wang & Wu 1981:78 Masc. Sciaena rubra Forsskål 1775. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Sargocentron Fowler 1904 -- (Kotlyar 1996:83 [ref. 23292], Randall 1998:5 [ref. 23300], Kottelat 2013:301 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Sargocentron Fowler 1904. Holocentridae: Holocentrinae.

Erythrinus Plumier [C.] in Lacepède 1802:347 (footnote) Masc. Not available. Name without description (as Erythrinus polygrammos) mentioned in passing under Holocentrus sogo. See remarks under Opinion 89 in Appendix B in Eschmeyer et al. 1990 [ref. 26735]. •In the synonymy of Holocentrus Scopoli 1777 -- (Woods & Sonoda 1973:333 [ref. 6899], Kotlyar 1996:82 [ref. 23292]). Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Holocentrus Scopoli 1777. Holocentridae: Holocentrinae.

Faremusca (subgenus of Holocentrus) Whitley [G. P.] 1933:68 Fem. Holocentrum punctatissimum Cuvier 1829. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Correct spelling for genus of type species is Holocentrus. •Synonym of Sargocentron Fowler 1904 -- (Randall & Heemstra 1985:5 [ref. 5144], Kotlyar 1996:83 [ref. 23292], Randall 1998:5 [ref. 23300], Kottelat 2013:301 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Sargocentron Fowler 1904. Holocentridae: Holocentrinae.

Farer (subgenus of Sciaena) Forsskål [P. S.] 1775:44 Intended included species assumed to be Holocentrus samara Forsskål 1775, with common name Farer. An available name, but can be suppressed on the basis of no usage. •Synonym of Holocentrus Scopoli 1777 -- (Kotlyar 1996:82 [ref. 23292]). Suppressed. Current status: Synonym of Holocentrus Scopoli 1777. Holocentridae: Holocentrinae.

Flammeo Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1898:2871 Masc. Holocentrum marianum Cuvier 1829. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Correct spelling for genus of type species is Holocentrus. •Valid as Flammeo Jordan & Evermann 1898 [over older Neoniphon Castelnau 1875] -- (Woods & Sonoda 1973:345 [ref. 6899], Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:112 [ref. 6441]). •Valid as Flammeo Jordan & Evermann 1898 -- (Dornburg et al. 2012:733 [ref. 32550], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:33 [ref. 33341]). •Synonym of Neoniphon Castelnau 1875 -- (Randall & Heemstra 1985:2 [ref. 5144], Randall & Heemstra 1986:416 [ref. 5707], Kotlyar 1996:82 [ref. 23292], Greenfield 2003:1200 [ref. 27041]). Current status: Synonym of Neoniphon Castelnau 1875. Holocentridae: Holocentrinae.

Holocentrus Gronow [L. T.] 1763:65 Masc. Not available, published in a rejected work on Official Index (Opinion 261). •In the synonymy of Holocentrus Scopoli 1777. Suppressed. Current status: Synonym of Holocentrus Scopoli 1777. Holocentridae: Holocentrinae.

Holocentrus Bloch [M. E.] 1790:59 Masc. Holocentrus sogo Bloch 1790. Type by subsequent designation. Fowler (MS) lists a first occurrence of this name as Bloch 1767, "Ichthyologie 7":46 (not investigated). Holocentrum of Cuvier 1829:95 [ref. 995] and authors are misspellings or unjustified emendations. Type designated by Jordan & Gilbert 1883:459 [ref. 2476]. •Synonym of Holocentrus Scopoli 1777 -- (Woods & Sonoda 1973:333 [ref. 6899]). Current status: Synonym of Holocentrus Scopoli 1777. Holocentridae: Holocentrinae.

Holocentrus Scopoli [J. A.] (ex Gronow) 1777:449 Masc. Perca adscensionis Osbeck 1765. Type by subsequent designation. Appeared originally as Holocenthrus (regarded as a typographical error by authors), after Holocentrus maxilla Gronow (rejected work). Type perhaps first designated by Jordan & Gilbert 1883:459 [ref. 2476], but Whitley 1933:68 [ref. 4677] and Whitley 1938:222 [ref. 25866] regards sogo Bloch as type. •Valid as Holocentrus Scopoli 1777 -- (Woods 1955: [ref. 12538], Woods & Sonoda 1973:333 [ref. 6899], Kotlyar 1996:82 [ref. 23292], Kotlyar 1998:205 [ref. 24674], Greenfield 2003:1193 [ref. 27041], Dornburg et al. 2012:733 [ref. 32550], Brown et al. 2019:161 [ref. 36444]). Current status: Valid as Holocentrus Scopoli 1777. Holocentridae: Holocentrinae.

Kutaflammeo (subgenus of Holocentrus) Whitley [G. P.] 1933:69 Masc. Holocentrum tahiticum Kner 1864. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Neoniphon Castelnau 1875 -- (Randall & Heemstra 1985:2 [ref. 5144], Kotlyar 1996:82 [ref. 23292] as Kumiflmmeo). Current status: Synonym of Neoniphon Castelnau 1875. Holocentridae: Holocentrinae.

Neoniphon Castelnau [F. L.] 1875:4 Masc. Neoniphon armatus Castelnau 1875. Type by monotypy. Neoniphon De Vis 1885:537 [ref. 4899] not intended as a new genus (wrongly listed by Jordan 1919:378 [ref. 4904]). •Valid as Neoniphon Castelnau 1875 -- (Randall & Heemstra 1985:2 [ref. 5144], Randall & Heemstra 1986:416 [ref. 5707], Paxton et al. 1989:378 [ref. 12442], Kotlyar 1996:82 [ref. 23292], Kotlyar 1998:204 [ref. 24674], Randall & Greenfield 1999:2226 [ref. 24790], Greenfield 2003:1194 [ref. 27041], Satapoomin 2009:52 [ref. 30463], Dornburg et al. 2012:733 [ref. 32550], Copus et al. 2015:1 [ref. 33666], Kotlyar 2017:33 [ref. 35137], Fricke et al. 2018:114 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:45 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:83 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Neoniphon Castelnau 1875. Holocentridae: Holocentrinae.

Sargocentron (subgenus of Holocentrus) Fowler [H. W.] 1904:235 Neut. Holocentrum leo Cuvier 1829. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Correct spelling for genus of type species is Holocentrus. •Valid as Sargocentron Fowler 1904 -- (Shimizu in Masuda et al. 1984:111 [ref. 6441], Randall & Heemstra 1985:5 [ref. 5144], Ben-Tuvia in Whitehead et al. 1986:753 [ref. 13676], Randall & Heemstra 1986:417 [ref. 5707], Paxton et al. 1989:380 [ref. 12442], Kotlyar 1996:83 [ref. 23292], Randall 1998:5 [ref. 23300], Kotlyar 1998:200 [ref. 24674], Randall & Greenfield 1999:2226 [ref. 24790], Greenfield 2003:1194 [ref. 27041], Allen et al. 2006:782 [ref. 29066], Satapoomin 2009:53 [ref. 30463], Hubert et al. 2012:5 [ref. 31846], Dornburg et al. 2012:733 [ref. 32550] but polyphyletic, Kottelat 2013:301 [ref. 32989], Kotlyar 2017:33 [ref. 35137], Motomura et al. 2017:59 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:115 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:46 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:85 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Sargocentron Fowler 1904. Holocentridae: Holocentrinae.