WoRMS taxon details
Meganthias natalensis (Fowler, 1925)
398477 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:398477)
accepted
Species
Glaucosoma peaolopesi Smith, 1939 · unaccepted
Holanthias furcatus Pellegrin, 1935 · unaccepted
Holanthias natalensis (Fowler, 1925) · unaccepted (synonym)
Sacura natalensis Fowler, 1925 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Sacura natalensis Fowler, 1925) Fowler, H. W. (1925). Fishes from Natal, Zululand and Portuguese East Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 77: 187-268. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Meganthias natalensis (Fowler, 1925). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=398477 on 2026-07-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Holanthias furcatus Pellegrin, 1935) Pellegrin, J. (1935). Poisson marin nouveau de la Réunion de la famille des Serranidés. <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2).</em> v. 7 (no. 1): 51-53. [details]
original description (of Glaucosoma peaolopesi Smith, 1939) Smith, J. L. B. (1939). New records and descriptions of marine fishes from Portuguese East Africa. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa.</em> v. 27 (pt 3): 215-222., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00359193909519790 [details]
original description (of Sacura natalensis Fowler, 1925) Fowler, H. W. (1925). Fishes from Natal, Zululand and Portuguese East Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 77: 187-268. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Glaucosoma peaolopesi Smith, 1939) Smith, J. L. B. (1939). New records and descriptions of marine fishes from Portuguese East Africa. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa.</em> v. 27 (pt 3): 215-222., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00359193909519790 [details]
original description (of Sacura natalensis Fowler, 1925) Fowler, H. W. (1925). Fishes from Natal, Zululand and Portuguese East Africa. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 77: 187-268. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | gorgeous swallowtail [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Meganthias natalensis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Holanthias natalensis (Fowler, 1925))
To FishBase (from synonym Holanthias furcatus Pellegrin, 1935)
To FishBase (from synonym Glaucosoma peaolopesi Smith, 1939)
To FishBase (from synonym Sacura natalensis Fowler, 1925)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Sacura natalensis Fowler, 1925)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Holanthias natalensis (Fowler, 1925))
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Meganthias natalensis FIN033939 Slide 120 mm)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Meganthias natalensis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Holanthias natalensis (Fowler, 1925))
To FishBase (from synonym Holanthias furcatus Pellegrin, 1935)
To FishBase (from synonym Glaucosoma peaolopesi Smith, 1939)
To FishBase (from synonym Sacura natalensis Fowler, 1925)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Sacura natalensis Fowler, 1925)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Holanthias natalensis (Fowler, 1925))
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Meganthias natalensis FIN033939 Slide 120 mm)
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