Pentacerotidae

pelagic armorhead

Pentaceros richardsoni

Pentacerotid Fish in New Zealand Waters

• Temperate
• Northern Hemisphere
• Southern Hemisphere
• Transcontinental
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Indian Ocean
• Pacific Ocean
• Africa
• Oceania
• South America
• Fusiform
• Large
• Temperate fish

Pentaceros richardsoni, the pelagic armourhead, Richardson's boarfish or southern boarfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, an armourhead from the family Pentacerotidae. It has a wide distribution in the oceans of the southern hemisphere. It is commercially important as a food fish.