Holanthias

Holanthias is a genus of colourful marine ray-finned fishes in the family Anthiadidae. The two species are restricted to fairly deep reefs in the Southeast Atlantic.^[2] Both reach a length of about 22 cm (8.7 in).^[2]

Holanthias
Holanthias fronticinctus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Anthiadidae
Genus:	Holanthias Günther, 1868
Type species
Anthias fronticinctus Günther, 1868[1]
Species
2, see text

Species

In the past this genus included more species, but these have now been moved to other genera; Meganthias, Odontanthias and Pronotogrammus. Based on FishBase, the following two species are currently included in Holanthias:^[2]

• Holanthias caudalis Trunov, 1976 – Ascension
• Holanthias fronticinctus (Günther, 1868) (St Helena sea perch) – Saint Helena