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Species in the genus Holacanthus: [ 19 ] records

aculeatus, Chaetodon Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854:72 [Catalogue of fish collected and described by Laurence Theodore Gronow; ref. 1911] "Curassaviam in Oceano Americano". Syntypes: BMNH 1853.11.12.64 [Gronovius coll.] (1, skin), 1853.11.12.65 (1, skin). Type catalog: Wheeler 1958:224 [ref. 13434]. •Synonym of Holacanthus ciliaris (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Wheeler 1958:224 [ref. 13434]). Current status: Synonym of Holacanthus ciliaris (Linnaeus 1758). Pomacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

africanus, Holacanthus Cadenat [J.] 1951:239, Fig. 175 [Initiations Africaines. III. Poissons de mer du Sénégal; ref. 12676] Gorée, Senegal. Syntypes: (many) MNHN 1961-0958 (1). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:140 [ref. 20718] but wrongly as holotype and paratypes. •Valid as Holacanthus africanus Cadenat 1951 -- (Allen 1980:250 [ref. 22764], Maugé 1990:838 [ref. 17126], Afonso et al. 1999:76 [ref. 25466], Wirtz et al. 2007:36 [ref. 30263], Wirtz et al. 2013:128 [ref. 32972], Bailly in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2678 [ref. 34618], Reiner 2019:230 [ref. 38139], Deidun et al. 2020:112 [ref. 37522], Baptista et al. 2021:[2] [ref. 38204], Kovačić et al. 2021:61 [ref. 39014], Fermon et al. 2022:299 [ref. 39448]). Current status: Valid as Holacanthus africanus Cadenat 1951. Pomacanthidae. Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Senegal south to central Angola, including Cape Verde Islands, and São Tomé and Principe; straying into southwestern Mediterranean Sea. Habitat: marine.

bermudensis, Holacanthus ciliaris var. Goode [G. B.] 1876:43 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum [v. 1] No. 5; ref. 1832] Key West, Florida, U.S.A. Neotype: CAS-SU 363. Original syntypes (USNM 154852 [3], Bermuda) were set aside and replaced by a neotype (SU 363; the holotype of Angelichthys isabelita Jordan & Rutter 1898), and the name bermudensis was placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology (ICZN, Opinion 2003). •Hybrid between Holacanthus isabelita and Holacanthus ciliaris (Feddern 1968 [ref. 21623]). •Valid as Angelichthys bermudensis (Goode 1876) -- (Condé & Terver 1976:1 [ref. 37212]). •Valid as Holacanthus bermudensis Goode 1876 -- (Robins & Ray 1986:194 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:149 [ref. 23239], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:276 [ref. 25013], Thomson et al. 2000:148 [ref. 25640], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:163 [ref. 27754], Burgess 2003:1679 [ref. 27101], Nelson et al. 2004:150 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:474 [ref. 28815], Page et al. 2013:154 [ref. 32708], Robertson et al. 2016:146 [ref. 34961], Martínez-Servín et al. 2023:116 [ref. 40726]). Current status: Valid as Holacanthus bermudensis Goode 1876. Pomacanthidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. Habitat: marine.

catesbeii, Chaetodon Shaw [G.] 1803:325 [General zoology or systematic natural history v. 4; ref. 4014] Carolinas and Bahamas. No types known. On Catesby v. 2, pl. 31. Chaetodon catesbaei Cuvier 1816:336 (footnote 1) [ref. 993] may be independent, but is based on same Catesby figure. •Synonym of Holacanthus ciliaris (Linnaeus 1758) -- (P. Parenti, pers. comm., 10/17/03). Current status: Synonym of Holacanthus ciliaris (Linnaeus 1758). Pomacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

ciliaris, Chaetodon Linnaeus [C.] 1758:276 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] In Indiis' (should be western Atlantic). Syntypes: BMNH 1853.11.12.65 [Gronovius coll.] (1, skin), NRM 56 (1). Type catalog: Wheeler 1958:224 [ref. 13434], Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:251-252 [ref. 20707]. Based on the 'Chaetodon griseus fasciis quatuor fuscis' of Linnaeus 1754:62, pl. 33, fig. 1 [ref. 31115]; the 'Chaetodon macrolepidotus, cauda subrotundata, aculeis utrinque duobus in operculis, ...' of Gronow 1756:26 [ref. 20783], which was based on the 'Acarauna majore pinnis cornutis' of Willughby 1686:Pl. O3, fig. 1 [ref. 30164]; and the 'Chaetodon saxatilis ?' of Osbeck 1757:273 [ref. 3311]. •Valid as Pomacanthus ciliaris (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Herrera 1896:60 [ref. 39336]). •Valid as Holacanthus ciliaris (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Feddern 1968 [ref. 21623], Allen 1980:250 [ref. 22764], Matsuura in Uyeno et al. 1983:392 [ref. 14275], Robins & Ray 1986:195 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:150 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:382 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:340 [ref. 24474], Aguilera 1998:51 [ref. 24221], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:277 [ref. 25013], Thomson et al. 2000:149 [ref. 25640], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:163 [ref. 27754], Rocha & Rosa 2001:991 [ref. 25909], Collette et al. 2003:112 [ref. 26784], Feitoza et al. 2003:69 [ref. 26943] with color morphs, Burgess 2003:1680 [ref. 27101], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:90 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:39 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:150 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:476 [ref. 28815], Vaske et al. 2005:78 [ref. 36155], Page et al. 2013:155 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:60 [ref. 33341], Pinheiro et al. 2015:22 [ref. 34324], Bailly in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2676 [ref. 34618], Robertson et al. 2016:146 [ref. 34961], Kovačić et al. 2020:34 [ref. 37519], Robertson et al. 2020:160 [ref. 38098], Carvalho-Filho et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:552 [ref. 38945], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:77 [ref. 38844], Kovačić et al. 2021:61 [ref. 39014], Bennema & van Moorsel 2022:69 [ref. 39585], Carvalho-Filho 2023:190 [ref. 40480], Hoff et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40463]). Current status: Valid as Holacanthus ciliaris (Linnaeus 1758). Pomacanthidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Florida (U.S.A.) and Bermuda south to southern Brazil, including Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea and Saint Paul's Rocks; introduced in Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea). IUCN (2010): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.

clarionensis, Holacanthus Gilbert [C. H.] 1890:72 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 13 (no. 797); ref. 1623] Clarion, Socorro and San Benedicto Islands, Revillagigedo Islands, off western Mexico. Syntypes: CAS-SU 1986 (2) Socorro, 1987 (1) Clarion; ?? BMNH 1898.10.29.45-46 (2) Clarion. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:81 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Holacanthus clarionensis Gilbert 1890-- (Allen 1980:251 [ref. 22764], Allen & Robertson 1994:182 [ref. 22193], Krupp & Schneider in Fischer et al. 1995:1390 [ref. 22830], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:259 [ref. 24545], Thomson et al. 2000:149 [ref. 25640], Nelson et al. 2004:150 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:130 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:155 [ref. 32708], Fourriére et al. 2016:447 [ref. 34668], Hernández-Velasco et al. 2016:1 [ref. 34760], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:610 [ref. 34923], Love et al. 2021:170 [ref. 39279]). Current status: Valid as Holacanthus clarionensis Gilbert 1890. Pomacanthidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: southern tip of Baja California Sur (Mexico), Guadalupe Island (Mexico), Revillagigedo Islands (Mexico). Habitat: marine.

coronatus, Holacanthus Desmarest [A. G.] 1823:204 [44], Pl. 3 (fig. 3) of separate [Mémoires de la Société linnéenne de Paris v. 2; ref. 1120] Cuba. On p. 44 of separate, unnumbered Pl. after p. 48. •Synonym of Holacanthus ciliaris (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Allen 1980:251 [ref. 22764] as cornutus). Current status: Synonym of Holacanthus ciliaris (Linnaeus 1758). Pomacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

formosus, Holacanthus Castelnau [F. L.] 1855:19, Pl. 11 (fig. 2) [Animaux nouveaux or rares v. 2; ref. 766] Bahia, Brazil. Syntypes: MNHN A-0601 (2). Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:142 [ref. 20718]. •Synonym of Holacanthus ciliaris (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Allen 1980:251 [ref. 22764]). Current status: Synonym of Holacanthus ciliaris (Linnaeus 1758). Pomacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

iodocus, Holacanthus Jordan [D. S.] & Rutter [C. L.] in Gilbert 1897:445 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 19 (no. 1115); ref. 1629] Galápagos Islands [?]. Holotype (unique): USNM 47747. •Synonym of Holacanthus ciliaris (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Allen 1980:251 [ref. 22764]). Current status: Synonym of Holacanthus ciliaris (Linnaeus 1758). Pomacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

isabelita, Angelichthys Jordan [D. S.] & Rutter [C. L.] in Jordan & Evermann 1898:1685 [Bulletin of the United States National Museum No. 47; ref. 2444] Key West, Florida, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): CAS-SU 363. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:80 [ref. 12291]. Appeared as name only in Jordan & Evermann 1896:420 [ref. 2442]. The holotype of Angelichthys isabelita Jordan & Rutter 1898 was made the neotype of Holacanthus ciliaris bermudensis Goode, 1876, thus making the former a junior objective synonym of the latter, and the name Angelichthys isabelita was placed on the Official List of Rejected and Invalid Specific Names in Zoology (ICZN, Opinion 2003). •Valid as Holacanthus isabelita (Jordan & Rutter 1898) -- (Feddern 1968:351 [ref. 21623]). •Synonym of Holacanthus bermudensis Goode 1876 -- (Allen 1980:250 [ref. 22764], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:277 [ref. 25013], Burgess 2003:1679 [ref. 27101], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:475 [ref. 28815]). Suppressed. Current status: Synonym of Holacanthus bermudensis Goode 1876. Pomacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

limbaughi, Holacanthus Baldwin [W. J.] 1963:3, Figs. 1-2 [Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) No. 74; ref. 4010] Northwestern shore of Clipperton Island, eastern Pacific, 10°18'N, 109°13'W. Holotype: USNM 178998. Paratypes: LACM 3307-09 (1, 1, 1); SIO 15-1822 (3) (ex UCLA W58-287), 59-3 (2) (ex UCLA W56-236), 59-9 (1) (ex UCLA W58-289). •Valid as Holacanthus limbaughi Baldwin 1963 -- (Allen 1980:251 [ref. 22764], Allen & Robertson 1994:182, 303 [ref. 22193], Béarez & Séret 2009:149 [ref. 36646]). Current status: Valid as Holacanthus limbaughi Baldwin 1963. Pomacanthidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Clipperton Island endemic. Habitat: marine.

lunatus, Holocanthus Blosser [C. B.] 1909:299, Pl. 12 (fig. 1) [Annals of the Carnegie Museum v. 6 (no. 1) (art. 5); ref. 14363] St. Croix Island, Virgin Islands, West Indies. Holotype (unique): FMNH 52831 [ex CM 1235]. Type catalog: Henn 1928:93 [ref. 12305], Ibarra & Stewart 1987:46 [ref. 12367]. Original genus correctly as Holacanthus. •Questionably a synonym of Holacanthus ciliaris (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Allen 1980:251 [ref. 22764]). Current status: Synonym of Holacanthus ciliaris (Linnaeus 1758). Pomacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

nigrolunatus, Acanthochaetodon Tanaka [S.] 1918:223 [Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo v. 30 (no. 356); ref. 17357] Tokyo fish market, probably from Izu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Holotype (unique): ZUMT 8344 (lost). Pomacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

parrae, Chaetodon Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:235 [M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae; ref. 471] Locality not stated [Havana, Cuba]. No types known. Based on the 'Isabelita' of Parra 1787:10, Pl. 7 (fig. 1) [ref. 6840]. •Synonym of Holacanthus ciliaris (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Allen 1980:251 [ref. 22764]). Current status: Synonym of Holacanthus ciliaris (Linnaeus 1758). Pomacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

passer, Holacanthus Valenciennes [A.] 1846:no p., Pl. 6 [Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate "la Vénus"; ref. 6165] Galápagos Islands. Holotype (unique): MNHN A-3559. Type catalog: Bauchot 1963:144 [ref. 20718]. Dates to publication in plate; corresponding text published as Valenciennes 1855:327 [ref. 4504]. •Valid as Holacanthus passer Valenciennes 1846 -- (Allen 1980:251 [ref. 22764], Allen & Robertson 1994:182 [ref. 22193], Krupp & Schneider in Fischer et al. 1995:1390 [ref. 22830], De La Cruz Agüero et al. 1997:260 [ref. 24545], Grove & Lavenberg 1997:445 [ref. 24023], Chirichigno F. & Vélez D. 1998:343 [ref. 24555], Thomson et al. 2000:149 [ref. 25640], Nelson et al. 2004:150 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:130 [ref. 37547], McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010:193 [ref. 30957], Page et al. 2013:155 [ref. 32708], Galván-Villa et al. 2016:147 [ref. 34871] as Holocanthus, Fourriére et al. 2016:447 [ref. 34668], Del Moral-Flores et al. 2016:610 [ref. 34923], Sánchez-Jiménez et al. 2018:S8 [ref. 36248], Clua & Planes 2019:286 [ref. 37091], Love et al. 2021:170 [ref. 39279], Vela-Espinosa et al. 2023:11 [ref. 40981]). Current status: Valid as Holacanthus passer Valenciennes 1846. Pomacanthidae. Distribution: Eastern Pacific: Pacific coast of southern Baja California Sur (Mexico) south to Peru, including Guadalupe Island (Mexico), Clipperton Atoll (France) and Galapagos Islands (Ecuador). Habitat: marine.

squamulosus, Chaetodon Shaw [G.] in Shaw & Nodder 1796:no page number, Pl. 275 [The Naturalist's Miscellany; ref. 4013] Coasts of America and West Indies. No types known. •Synonym of Holacanthus ciliaris (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Allen 1980:250 [ref. 22764]). Current status: Synonym of Holacanthus ciliaris (Linnaeus 1758). Pomacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

strigatus, Holacanthus Gill [T. N.] 1862:243 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 14; ref. 1665] Cape San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico. Holotype: USNM 3668. •Synonym of Holacanthus passer Valenciennes 1846 -- (Allen 1980:251 [ref. 22764]). Current status: Synonym of Holacanthus passer Valenciennes 1846. Pomacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

townsendi, Angelichthys Nichols [J. T.] & Mowbray [L. L.] 1914:581 [Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History v. 33 (art. 37); ref. 14162] Key West, Florida, U.S.A. Holotype (unique): AMNH 4751. •A hybrid between Holacanthus isabelita and Holacanthus ciliaris -- (Feddern 1968 [ref. 21623]). •Synonym of Holacanthus bermudensis Goode 1876 -- (Allen 1980:250 [ref. 22764]). Current status: Synonym of Holacanthus bermudensis Goode 1876. Pomacanthidae. Habitat: marine.

tricolor, Chaetodon Bloch [M. E.] (ex Markgraf von Liebstadt) 1795:103, Pl. 425 [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 9; ref. 464] Northern Atlantic coast of Brazil. Lectotype: ZMB 1302. Paralectotypes: ZMB 8571 (1, dry, lost). Type catalog: Paepke 1999:118 [ref. 24282]. Not Pl. 426 as stated in text. On p. 97 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 12 [ref. 21381]. Lectotype selected by Paepke 1999:118 [ref. 24282]. Based on the 'Acaravna brasiliensibus' of Markgraf von Liebstadt 1648:144, fig. [ref. 30347]. •Valid as Holacanthus tricolor (Bloch 1795) -- (Allen 1980:251 [ref. 22764], Matsuura in Uyeno et al. 1983:393 [ref. 14275], Robins & Ray 1986:195 [ref. 23100], Boschung 1992:150 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:382 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:342 [ref. 24474], Aguilera 1998:51 [ref. 24221], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:278 [ref. 25013], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:163 [ref. 27754], Gasparini & Floeter 2001:1645 [ref. 25634], Collette et al. 2003:112 [ref. 26784], Burgess 2003:1681 [ref. 27101], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:90 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:40 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:150 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:478 [ref. 28815], Page et al. 2013:155 [ref. 32708], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:60 [ref. 33341], Pinheiro et al. 2015:22 [ref. 34324], Robertson et al. 2016:146 [ref. 34961], Robertson et al. 2020:160 [ref. 38098], Carvalho-Filho et al. in Marceniuk et al. 2021:553 [ref. 38945], Escobar-Sierra et al. 2021:77 [ref. 38844], Bennema & van Moorsel 2022:69 [ref. 39585], Carvalho-Filho 2023:191 [ref. 40480], Hoff et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40463]). Current status: Valid as Holacanthus tricolor (Bloch 1795). Pomacanthidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Georgia (U.S.A.) and Bermuda south to Santa Catarinao (Brazil), including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. IUCN (2010): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.