Pentaceros

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Pempheriformes

Familia: Pentacerotidae
Genus: Pentaceros
Species: P. capensis – P. decacanthus – P. japonicus – P. quinquespinis – P. richardsoni – P. wheeleri
Name

Pentaceros Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1829

Type species: Pentaceros capensis Cuvier, 1829
Synonyms

Gilchristia Jordan, 1907
Pseudopentaceros Bleeker, 1876
Quadrarius Jordan, 1907
Quinquarius Jordan, 1907
Undecimus Whitley, 1934

References

Cuvier, G. & Valenciennes, A., 1829: Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome troisième. Suite du Livre troisième. Des percoïdes à dorsale unique à sept rayons branchiaux et à dents en velours ou en cardes. F. G. Levrault, Paris. 3: 1–500, Pls. 41-71.
Kim, S.-Y. 2012: Phylogenetic systematics of the family Pentacerotidae (Actinopterygii: order Perciformes). Zootaxa 3366: 1–111. Preview PDF Reference page.
Pentaceros – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Pentaceros species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Pentaceros and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

Pentaceros richardsoni

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

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.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Pentaceros in 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.