Pentaceros capensis, Cape armourhead : fisheries

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Pentaceros capensis Cuvier, 1829

Cape armourhead
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Acropomatiformes (Oceanic basses) > Pentacerotidae (Armorheads) > Pentacerotinae
Etymology: Pentaceros: Greek, pente = five + Greek, keras = horn (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Cuvier.

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

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 70 - 300 m (Ref. 5449). Subtropical

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Southeast Atlantic to West Indian Ocean: Point Nolloth, South Africa to southern Mozambique, and Reunion I. (Ref. 53568).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 35.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5449)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 12 - 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-13; Anal spines: 4-9; Anal soft rays: 7 - 9. Brownish in color.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found on the continental shelf (Ref. 75154).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Heemstra, P.C., 1986. Pentacerotidae. p. 622-623. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 5449)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial
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