Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivision: Holocentrimorphaceae
Ordo: Holocentriformes
Familia: Holocentridae
Subfamilia: Holocentrinae
Genus: Holocentrus
Species (2): H. adscensionis – H. rufus
Name
Holocentrus Scopoli [ex Gronow], 1777: 449
Gender: masculine
Type species: Perca adscensionis Osbeck, 1765
Fixation: subsequent designation, authority uncertain: "perhaps first designated by Jordan & Gilbert 1883:459 ..., but Whitley 1933:68 ... and Whitley 1938:222 ... regards sogo Bloch as type" (CoF)
Synonymy
Beloholocentrus Fowler, 1944
Erythrinus Plumier in Lacépède, 1802 [not available]
Farer Forsskål, 1775
Holocentrus Gronow, 1763 [not available, published in a rejected work on Official Index (Opinion 261)]
Holocenthrus Scopoli, 1777: 449 [regarded as a typographical error by authors, fide CoF]
Holocentrus Bloch, 1790
Holocentrum [misspelling]
References
Primary references
Jordan, D.S. & Gilbert, C.H. 1883: Synopsis of the fishes of North America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, No. 16, 1882: i-liv + 1-1018. BHL
Scopoli, I.A. 1777: Introductio ad historiam naturalem sistens genera lapidum, plantarum, et animalium hactenus detecta, caracteribus essentialibus donata, in tribus divisa, subinde ad leges naturae. Prague. i-x + 1-506 pp. BHL
Links
ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus
Holocentrus species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Holocentrus and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
ITIS
Holocentrus is a genus of squirrelfishes found in the Atlantic Ocean.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]
Holocentrus adscensionis (Osbeck, 1765) (Squirrelfish)
Holocentrus rufus (Walbaum, 1792) (Longspine squirrelfish)
References
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Holocentrus". FishBase. October 2012 version.
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