Pentaceros
Appearance
Pentaceros | |
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Pentaceros richardsoni | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Acropomatiformes |
Family: | Pentacerotidae |
Subfamily: | Pentacerotinae |
Genus: | Pentaceros G. Cuvier, 1829[1] |
Type species | |
Pentaceros capensis G. Cuvier, 1829[1]
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Synonyms[2] | |
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Pentaceros is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, armorheads from the family Pentacerotidae. They are native to the Pacific, Indian, and eastern Atlantic Oceans.[3] Pentaceros is the only genus in the monotypic subfamily Pentacerotinae.[4]
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]
- Pentaceros capensis G. Cuvier, 1829 (Cape armorhead)
- Pentaceros decacanthus Günther, 1859 (big-spined boarfish)
- Pentaceros japonicus Steindachner, 1883 (Japanese armorhead)
- Pentaceros quinquespinis Parin & Kotlyar, 1988
- Pentaceros richardsoni A. Smith, 1844 (pelagic armorhead)
- Pentaceros wheeleri (Hardy, 1983) (slender armorhead)
References
- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Pentaceros". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Penacerotidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pentaceros". FishBase. February 2014 version.
- ^ J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 443. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
External links
- Smith, J.L.B. 1964. Fishes of the family Pentacerotidae. Ichthyological Bulletin; No. 29. Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.