Species that contain: Holacanthus and fisheri [ 2 ] records

acanthops, Holacanthus Norman [J. R.] 1922:318 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9) v. 9 (no. 52); ref. 15357] Durban/eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1922.1.13.38. •Synonym of Centropyge fisheri (Snyder 1904) -- (Schindler & Schneidewind 2004:32 [ref. 28032]). •Valid as Centropyge acanthops (Norman 1922) -- (Allen 1980:249 [ref. 22764], Smith & Heemstra 1986:624 [ref. 5714], Winterbottom et al. 1989:44 [ref. 13251], Randall 1995:254 [ref. 22896], Anderson et al. 1998:25 [ref. 23611], Fricke 1999:346 [ref. 24106], Burgess 2003:1678 [ref. 27101], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S112 [ref. 27377], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:280 [ref. 28072], Mundy 2005:404 [ref. 28379], Fricke et al. 2009:74 [ref. 30213], Fricke et al. 2013:262 [ref. 32706], Zajonz et al. 2019:84 [ref. 36871], Tea et al. 2020:3 [ref. 37258], Heemstra 2022:435 [ref. 39850]). Current status: Valid as Centropyge acanthops (Norman 1922). Pomacanthidae. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Madagascar and western Mascarenes (La Réunion, Mauritius) east to Maldives and Chagos Archipelago. Habitat: marine.

fisheri, Holacanthus Snyder [J. O.] 1904:532, Pl. 11 (fig. 21) [Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission v. 22 [1902]; ref. 4149] Off Diamond Head, Oahu Island, Hawaiian Islands, depth 27-29 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 50881. Paratypes: BMNH 1932.12.31.29 [ex USNM 55319] (1); CAS-SU 7617 (1, discarded), 7738 (2), 7753 (1, discarded); USNM 55318-20 (3, 5, 1), ?76359 (3), 126100 [ex USFC 1429] (6). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:81 [ref. 12291]. •Mention -- (Fricke 1999:347 [ref. 24106]). •Valid as Centropyge fisheri (Snyder 1904) -- (Allen 1980:249 [ref. 22764], Schindler & Schneidewind 2004:31 [ref. 28032], Randall 2005:333 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:404 [ref. 28379], Randall 2007:294 [ref. 30952], Ho & Shao 2011: 48 [ref. 31432], Allen & Erdmann 2012:546 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2014:105 [ref. 33932], Delrieu-Trottin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 33988], Fricke et al. 2019:195 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Centropyge fisheri (Snyder 1904). Pomacanthidae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Mauritius (Mascarenes) and Maldives east to Hawaiian Islands, Marquesas Islands and Tuamotu Archipelago, north to southern Japan, south to Western Australia, New South Wales (Australia), Chesterfield Islands (New Caledonia) and Tonga. Habitat: marine.