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Pentaceros richardsoni Smith, 1844

Pelagic armourhead
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Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Acropomatiformes (Oceanic basses) > Pentacerotidae (Armorheads) > Pentacerotinae
Etymology: Pentaceros: Greek, pente = five + Greek, keras = horn (Ref. 45335);  richardsoni: Named after John Richardson, naturalist and explorer (Ref. 6885).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marino; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 1000 m (Ref. 75886).   Temperate; 23°S - 56°S, 68°W - 174°W

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Point map | Introduzioni | Faunafri

Southeast Atlantic: Tristan de Cunha and South Africa. Western Indian Ocean: South Africa. South Pacific: southern Australia and New Zealand and Cape Horn, Chile. North Pacific records refers to pectoralis (Ref. 4537).

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 56.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 5449); Età massima riportata: 60 anni (Ref. 127621)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale) : 14 - 15; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 8 - 10; Spine anali: 4 - 5; Raggi anali molli: 7 - 8. Head and body bluish above, pale below.

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Have been trawled on the continental shelf and slope; juveniles recorded from surface waters (Ref. 9563). Depth range reported at 0m-600m in Ref. 5449.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Riproduzione | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larve

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Heemstra, P.C., 1986. Pentacerotidae. p. 622-623. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 5449)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


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