''Hollardia'' is a
genus
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of
spikefishes native to deep waters of the western
Atlantic Ocean
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and the
Pacific Ocean
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from around
Hawaii
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.
Species
There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus:
[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.'']
* ''
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.
References
Tetraodontiformes
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Felipe Poey
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