Gorgeous swallowtail
Meganthias natalensis (Fowler, 1925)
Also calledAnthias gegant de KwaZulu-Natal (cat) · Anthias gegant de Natal (cat) · Anthias géant de Natal (fra) · Anthias-gigante-de-KwaZulu-Natal (por) · Anthias-gigante-de-Natal (por) · kanic natalský (ces) · 絲尾大花鮨 (zho)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution: southwestern Indian Ocean, off South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, Seychelles, and Mascarenes.
Annotated checklist of anthiadine fishes (Percoidei: Serranidae)
materials_examined
Holotype: ANSP 93154. Type locality: off KwaZulu – Natal, South Africa. Illustrations: Randall & Heemstra, 2006: pl. VIII, A & B. D: X, 17 to 19. A: III, 8 or 9. P: 16 to 18 (usually 17). C: 15 (8 + 7). V: 26 (10 + 16). S: 2. GR: 33 to 41 (9 to 14 + 24 to 27). LL: 43 to 51. CP: 22 to 26.
Annotated checklist of anthiadine fishes (Percoidei: Serranidae)
distribution
Distribution: Indian Ocean — southwestern (off South Africa, Mozambique, Kenya, Madagascar, Seychelles, and Mascarenes) and northwestern (off Abd al-Kuri Island, Socotra Archipelago).
Additions and emendations to the annotated checklist of anthiadine fishes (Percoidei: Serranidae)
materials_examined
Holotype: ANSP 93154, 289 mm SL. Type locality: off KwaZulu – Natal, South Africa. Illustrations:; Randall & Heemstra, 2006: pl. VIII, A & B; Zajonz, Bogorodsky, & Victor, 2020, fig. 1. Counts: D: X, 17 to 19. A: III, 8 or 9. P: 16 to 18 (usually 17). C: 15 (8 + 7). V: 26 (10 + 16). S: 2. GR: 33 to 41 (9 to 14 + 24 to 27). LL: 43 to 51. CP: 22 to 26.
Additions and emendations to the annotated checklist of anthiadine fishes (Percoidei: Serranidae)
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2387742.