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Pentaceros capensis Cuvier, 1829

Cape armourhead
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Desventuradas Islands country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: error
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
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Aquaculture: | Ref:
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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

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> 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 Ekologi

marina bentopelagisk; djupintervall 70 - 300 m (Ref. 5449).   Subtropical

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

Size / Vikt / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 35.0 cm TL hane/ej könsbestämd; (Ref. 5449)

Short description Bestämningsnycklar | Morfologi | Morfometri

Taggstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 12 - 13; Mjukstrålar i ryggfenan (totalt) : 12 - 13; Taggstrålar i analfenan: 4 - 9; Mjukstrålar i analfenan: 7 - 9. Brownish in color.

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Found on the continental shelf (Ref. 75154).

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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)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




Human uses

Fiskeri: mindre kommeriell
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 11.4 - 21.3, mean 15.1 (based on 66 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5157   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01995 (0.00906 - 0.04395), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm Total Length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trofisk nivå (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliens (Ref. 120179):  Låg, lägsta populationsfördubblingstid 4,5-14 år (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (25 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.