''Holocentricola'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

digenea Digenea (Gr. ''Dis'' – double, ''Genos'' – race) is a class of trematodes in the Platyhelminthes phylum, consisting of parasitic flatworms (known as ''flukes'') with a syncytial tegument and, usually, two suckers, one ventral and one oral. ...

ns in the family

Aporocotylidae Aporocotylidae is a family of trematodes within the order Diplostomida, which contains species commonly known as fish blood flukes. It contains more than 40 genera, the largest being '' Cardicola''. Species in this family parasite fish in both f ...

or blood flukes, described in 2021. The name of the genus refers to the host fish, which are members of the family

Holocentridae Holocentridae is a family of ray-finned fish, the only family of the order Holocentriformes. The members of the subfamily Holocentrinae are typically known as squirrelfish, while the members of Myripristinae typically are known as soldierfish.Lie ...

or squirrelfishes. The genus includes three species * ''Holocentricola rufus'' Cutmore & Cribb, 2021 from '' Sargocentron rubrum'' (Forsskål), from off Heron Island, southern Great Barrier Reef, and

Lizard Island Lizard Island is an island on the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland (Australia), northwest of Brisbane and part of the Lizard Island Group that also includes Palfrey Island. It is part of the Lizard Island National Park. Lizard Island is within ...

, northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. * ''Holocentricola exilis'' Cutmore & Cribb, 2021 from ''

Neoniphon sammara ''Neoniphon sammara'', the sammara squirrelfish, also known as the blood-spot squirrelfish, slender squirrelfish, spotfin squirrelfish, armed squirrel-fish or javelin squirrelfish, is a species squirrelfish found in the Indian Ocean and Pacific ...

'' (Forsskål) from off Lizard Island * ''Holocentricola coronatus'' Cutmore & Cribb, 2021 from ''

Sargocentron diadema ''Sargocentron diadema'', known commonly as the crowned squirrelfish, is a member of the family Holocentridae in the order Beryciformes. Squirrelfish in general are large, active, nocturnal fish which are usually red in color.Bailey, M. and G. Sa ...

'' (Lacepède) off Lizard Island.

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