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Pentacerotidae
Sailfin armourhead
Histiopterus typus
Forty Two Centimeters Pentacerotid Fish from the Arabian Sea
- Transcontinental
- Marine fish
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- East Asia
- Oceania
- Southeast Asia
- West Asia
- Deep-bodied
- Medium
Transcontinental
Marine fish
Africa
Deep-bodied
MediumSailfin armourhead is a marine fish of Indo-Pacific. The species occupies marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 42 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Oceanic Basses
- Family
- Pentacerotidae
- Genus
- Histiopterus
- Maximum length
- 42 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
- Distribution
- Indo-Pacific: Red Sea to South Africa, Oman, Arabian Sea, Australia, Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines. Reported from Malaysia (Ref. 5756 ) and Indonesia (Ref. 5978 ).
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