Biology:Hollardia

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Hollardia
Hollardia goslinei 2.jpg
Hollardia goslinei
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tetraodontiformes
Family: Triacanthodidae
Genus: Hollardia
Poey, 1861

Hollardia is a genus of spikefishes native to deep waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean from around Hawaii.

Species

There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Hollardia goslinei J. C. Tyler, 1968 (Hawaiian spikefish)
  • Hollardia hollardi Poey, 1861 (Reticulate spikefish)
  • Hollardia meadi J. C. Tyler, 1966 (Spotted spikefish)

In 2020, new research in the Coral Sea by Australian scientists using a robotic submarine sent back pictures of what appears to be Hollardia hollardi, for the first time in an area not around Hawaii.[2]

References

  1. Matsuura, K. (2014): Taxonomy and systematics of tetraodontiform fishes: a review focusing primarily on progress in the period from 1980 to 2014. Ichthyological Research, 62 (1): 72-113.
  2. Slezak, Michael (18 June 2020). "Coral Sea's deep-water reef secrets revealed as pandemic sees research ship redeployed". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-18/coral-sea-outer-reef-robot-sea-floor-vision/12367414. 

Wikidata ☰ Q196278 entry