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Pentaceros capensis Cuvier, 1829

Cape armourhead
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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: error
Salinity: marine
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Most probably an error; in Ref. 89504 but not in Ref. 89357.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Dyer, B.S. and M.W. Westneat, 2010
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Common names from other countries

Cape armorhead, 岬五棘鲷, Falso veleiro do Cabo, ... more

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Acropomatiformes (Oceanic basses) > Pentacerotidae (Armorheads) > Pentacerotinae
Etymology: Pentaceros: Greek, pente = five + Greek, keras = horn (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Cuvier.

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

marinhas bentopelágico; intervalo de profundidade 70 - 300 m (Ref. 5449).   Subtropical

Distribuição Países | Áreas FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Point map | Introduções | Faunafri

Southeast Atlantic to West Indian Ocean: Point Nolloth, South Africa to southern Mozambique, and Reunion I. (Ref. 53568).

Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 35.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 5449)

Descrição breve Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria

Espinhos dorsais (total) : 12 - 13; Raios dorsais moles (total) : 12 - 13; Espinhos anais: 4 - 9; Raios anais moles: 7 - 9. Brownish in color.

Biologia     Glossário (ex. epibenthic)

Found on the continental shelf (Ref. 75154).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas

Referência principal Upload your references | Referências | Coordenador | Colaboradores

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)

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)

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