Holtbyrnia

Holtbyrnia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Alepocephaliformes
Family:	Platytroctidae
Genus:	Holtbyrnia A. E. Parr, 1937
Type species
Bathytroctes innesi Fowler, 1934 [1]
Synonyms [1]
Paraholtbyrnia Krefft, 1967

Holtbyrnia is a genus of deepwater marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Platytroctidae, the tubeshoulders. The fishes in this genus are found in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Indo-West Pacific and the southeastern Pacific Ocean.

Species

There are currently ten recognized species in this genus: ^{[2] [3]}

• Holtbyrnia anomala Krefft, 1980 (Bighead searsid)
• Holtbyrnia conocephala Sazonov, 1976
• Holtbyrnia cyanocephala (Krefft, 1967)
• Holtbyrnia innesi (Fowler, 1934) (Teardrop tubeshoulder)
• Holtbyrnia intermedia (Sazonov, 1976)
• Holtbyrnia laticauda Sazonov, 1976 (Tusked tubeshoulder)
• Holtbyrnia latifrons Sazonov, 1976 (Streaklight tubeshoulder)
• Holtbyrnia macrops Maul, 1957 (Bigeye searsid)
• Holtbyrnia melanocephala (Vaillant, 1888)
• Holtbyrnia ophiocephala Sazonov & Golovan, 1976

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Paltytroctidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 24 November 2024.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Holtbyrnia". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 23 May 2025.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Holtbyrnia". FishBase . May 2025 version.