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Pentaceros wheeleri (Hardy, 1983)

Slender armorhead
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Japan country information

Common names: Kusakari-tsubodai
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Mundy, B.C., 2005
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Reported from the Bôsô Peninsula to the Ogasawara Islands and from the northern Kyushu-Palau Ridge (Ref. 559). Also Ref. 2850, 4537, 6885.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ja.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.maff.go.jp/eindex.html
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984
National Database:

Common names from other countries

North Pacific armorhead, Boarfish, Pelagic armorhead, ... more

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).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino bentopelágico; rango de profundidad 146 - 800 m (Ref. 56527), usually 400 - 600 m (Ref. 56527).   Temperate; 59°N - 29°N, 135°E - 125°W (Ref. 57888)

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North Pacific: Gulf of Alaska to North Pacific Ocean off central California and south of Japan, with center of abundance at the seamounts of the southern Emperor-northern Hawaiian Ridge.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm 28.0  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 44.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 56527); common length : 29.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 56527); peso máximo publicado: 1.2 kg (Ref. 56527); edad máxima reportada: 11 años (Ref. 56527)

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Juveniles epipelagic, adults benthopelagic (Ref. 58302).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Observations based on the lack of occurrence of individuals older than 3 years in the seamounts may suggest that P. wheeleri may spawn in only one or two seasons and die afterwards (Ref. 57888).

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Hardy, G.S., 1983. A revision of the fishes of the family Pentacerotidae (Perciformes). N.Z. J. Zool. 10:177-220. (Ref. 7448)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 0.5 - 11.5, mean 7.8 (based on 14 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5157   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01995 (0.00906 - 0.04395), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm Total Length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.4 se; based on diet studies.
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 4.5-14 años (tm = 6-7).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (54 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.