''Holanthias'' is a genus of colourful marine

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es in the

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Anthiadidae Anthias are members of the family Anthiadidae in the order Perciformes. The group has also been called Anthiidae or Anthiinae, but these names are preoccupied by a subfamily of ground beetles in the family Carabidae erected by Bonelli in 1813 ...

. The two species are restricted to fairly deep reefs in the Southeast Atlantic. Both reach a length of about .

Species

In the past this genus included more species, but these have now been moved to other genera; '' Meganthias'', '' Odontanthias'' and '' Pronotogrammus''. Based on

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, the following two species are currently included in ''Holanthias'': * '' Holanthias caudalis'' Trunov, 1976 –

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* '' Holanthias fronticinctus ''(Günther, 1868) (St Helena sea perch) –

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References

Anthiadidae Perciformes genera Taxa named by Albert Günther {{Anthiadidae-stub