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.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Oceanic Basses
Family: Pentacerotidae
Genus: Pentaceros
Maximum length: 56 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Southeast Atlantic: Tristan de Cunha and South Africa. Western Indian Ocean: South Africa. South Pacific: southern Australia and New Zealand and Cape Horn, Chile. North Pacific records refers to pectoralis (Ref. 4537 ).

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