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Pentaceros richardsoni  Smith, 1844

Pelagic armourhead
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Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes (Perch-likes) > Pentacerotidae (Armorheads) > Pentacerotinae
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Main reference

Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 56.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5449)

Environment

Marine; pelagic-oceanic; depth range 0 - 1000 m (Ref. 75886)

Climate / Range

Temperate, preferred 17°C (Ref. 107945); 23°S - 56°S, 68°W - 174°W

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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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 14 - 15; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-10; Anal spines: 4-5; Anal soft rays: 7 - 8. Head and body bluish above, pale below.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Have been trawled on the continental shelf and slope; juveniles recorded from surface waters (Ref. 9563). Depth range reported at 0m-600m in Ref. 5449.

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Threat to humans

  Harmless



Human uses

Fisheries: commercial

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BHL | BOLDSystems | Check for other websites | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO(fisheries: production; publication : search) | FIRMS (Stock assessments) | GenBank(genome, nucleotide) | GOBASE | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | iSpecies | National databases | PubMed | Scirus | Sea Around Us | SeaLifeBase | Tree of Life | uBio | uBio RSS | Wikipedia(Go, Search) | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoological Record | Fishtrace

Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD50 = 0.5157 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.5   ±0.37 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Assuming tm=4)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100)
Price category (Ref. 80766)
High