Deep-Sea taxon details
Pentaceros capensis Cuvier, 1829
221470 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:221470)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome troisième. Suite du Livre troisième. Des percoïdes à dorsale unique à sept rayons branchiaux et à dents en velours ou en cardes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 3: i-xxviii + 2 pp. + 1-500, Pls. 41-71. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xxii + 1-368 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
Note Type species of the genus. In Cuvier &...
Type species Type species of the genus. In Cuvier & Valenciennes. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Pentaceros capensis Cuvier, 1829. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=221470 on 2025-05-31
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Pentaceros capensis Cuvier, 1829. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=221470 on 2025-05-31
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Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome troisième. Suite du Livre troisième. Des percoïdes à dorsale unique à sept rayons branchiaux et à dents en velours ou en cardes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 3: i-xxviii + 2 pp. + 1-500, Pls. 41-71. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xxii + 1-368 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Type species Type species of the genus. In Cuvier & Valenciennes. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Cape armourhead | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pentaceros capensis)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Pentaceros capensis, Mozambique, by Alvheim, O./Institute of Marine Research (IMR))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pentaceros capensis)
To FishBase
To FishBase images (Pentaceros capensis, Mozambique, by Alvheim, O./Institute of Marine Research (IMR))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To ITIS
