Checked swallowtail
Odontanthias borbonius (Valenciennes, 1828)
Also calledAnthias retourné (fra) · Anthias tacat (cat) · Anthias-manchado (por) · Geruite swaelstert (afr) · Madara-hanadai (jpn) · Madarahanadai (jpn) · bradáč pestrobarvý (ces) · マダラハナダイ (jpn) · 泥樓牙花鮨 (zho) · 海金魚 (zho) · 花斑金花鮨 (zho) · 花斑金花鱸 (zho) · 花鱸 (zho) · 黃斑牙花鮨 (zho)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution: Indo – west Pacific: South Africa, Madagascar, and Mascarenes east to Guam and New Guinea, north to Ogasawara Islands and southern Japan.
Annotated checklist of anthiadine fishes (Percoidei: Serranidae)
materials_examined
Holotype: MNHN 0000 – 0983, 110 mm SL. Type locality: off Réunion, Mascarene Islands, southwestern Indian Ocean. Illustrations: Kuiter, 2004: 92 (figs. A – C), 93 (figs. D & E); Randall & Heemstra, 2006, pl. I A & B. D: X, 16 to 18. A: III, 7 or 8 (usually 7). P: 16 to 18. C: 15 (8 + 7). V: 26 (10 + 16). S: 2. GR: 38 to 42 (11 to 13 + 27 to 29). LL: 39 to 43.
Annotated checklist of anthiadine fishes (Percoidei: Serranidae)
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Odontanthias borbonius in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2389077.