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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:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
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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Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | 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 Ecología

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