shortspine boarfish
Antigonia combatia Berry & Rathjen, 1959
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
- Antigonia combatia Berry & Rathjen, 1959
- Name authority
- Berry & Rathjen, 1959
- Common name
- shortspine boarfish
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Acanthuriformes
- Family
- Antigoniidae
- Genus
- Antigonia
- 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
- familyAntigoniidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898
- genusAntigonia Lowe, 1843
- speciesAntigonia combatia Berry & Rathjen, 1959
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Antigonia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Indo-Pacific boarfishAntigonia rubescens (Günther, 1860) | AntigoniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Antigonia ovalis Parin & Borodulina, 2006 | AntigoniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Senbei fishAntigonia eos Gilbert, 1905 | AntigoniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Robust deepsea boarfishAntigonia capros Lowe, 1843 | AntigoniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Antigonia aurorosea Parin & Borodulina, 1986 | AntigoniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Antigonia malayana Weber, 1913 | AntigoniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Antigonia kenyae Parin & Borodulina, 2005 | AntigoniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Antigonia hulleyi Parin & Borodulina, 2005 | AntigoniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Antigonia emanuela Prokofiev, Psomadakis & Gon, 2020 | AntigoniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Antigonia artata Schwarzhans, 2019 | AntigoniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Antigonia socotrae Parin & Borodulina, 2006 | AntigoniidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Antigonia rubicunda Ogilby, 1910 | AntigoniidaeChordata | 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.
- Berry, F. H., & Rathien, W. F. (1959). A new species of the boarfish genus Antigonia from the western Atlantic. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences, 21 (3)[for 1958]: 255–258. 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:67K6F. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.