king angelfish
Holacanthus passer Valenciennes, 1846
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.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Holacanthus passer Valenciennes, 1846
- Name authority
- Valenciennes, 1846
- Common name
- king angelfish
- 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 passer Valenciennes, 1846
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Holacanthus africanus Cadenat, 1951 | 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 |
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.
- Valenciennes, A. (1846). Ichthyologie. In: A. Du Petit-Thouars. Atlas de Zoologie. Voyage Autour Du Monde Sur La Frégate “Vénus,” Pendant Les Années 1836-1839. Gide, Paris., 1 Table + Pls. 1–10. 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:3M73P. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.