WoRMS taxon details
Genicanthus semicinctus (Waite, 1900)
279095 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279095)
accepted
Species
Holacanthus semicinctus Waite, 1900 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Holacanthus semicinctus Waite, 1900) Waite, E. R. (1900). Additions to the fish-fauna of Lord Howe Island. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> v. 3 (no. 7): 193-209, Pls. 34-36., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.3.1900.1171 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Genicanthus semicinctus (Waite, 1900). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279095 on 2026-07-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Holacanthus semicinctus Waite, 1900) Waite, E. R. (1900). Additions to the fish-fauna of Lord Howe Island. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> v. 3 (no. 7): 193-209, Pls. 34-36., available online at https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.3.1900.1171 [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] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Holacanthus semicinctus Waite, 1900)
To FishBase (from synonym Holacanthus semicinctus Waite, 1900)
To FishBase
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Genicanthus semicinctus FIN032063 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Genicanthus semicinctus FIN032064 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Holacanthus semicinctus Waite, 1900)
To FishBase (from synonym Holacanthus semicinctus Waite, 1900)
To FishBase
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Genicanthus semicinctus FIN032063 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Genicanthus semicinctus FIN032064 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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