Holacanthus africanus Cadenat, 1951
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Holacanthus africanus, the Guinean angelfish or West African angelfish, is species of marine ray-finned fish, a marine angelfish belonging to the family Pomacanthidae. It is found in the warmer sections of the eastern Atlantic Ocean off the coast of West Africa.
Wikipedia contributors, Holacanthus africanus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T22:49:06.693494+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Holacanthus africanus Cadenat, 1951
- Name authority
- Cadenat, 1951
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Acanthuriformes
- Family
- Pomacanthidae
- Genus
- Holacanthus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderAcanthuriformes
- familyPomacanthidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898
- genusHolacanthus Lacepède, 1802
- speciesHolacanthus africanus Cadenat, 1951
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Holacanthus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| king angelfishHolacanthus passer Valenciennes, 1846 | PomacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| rock beautyHolacanthus tricolor (Bloch, 1795) | PomacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bermuda angelfishHolacanthus bermudensis Goode, 1876 | PomacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| queen angelfishHolacanthus ciliaris (Linnaeus, 1758) | PomacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Clarion angelfishHolacanthus clarionensis Gilbert, 1890 | PomacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Holacanthus limbaughi Baldwin, 1963 | PomacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Holocanthus africanus Cadenat, 1951 Cadenat, 1951 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Cadenat, J. (1951). Initiations Africaines. III. Poissons de mer du Sénégal. Institute Francais d’Afrique Noire, 1–345. [1950 on cover, apparently published in 1951.]. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3M72F. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.