WoRMS taxon details
Pentacerotidae Bleeker, 1859
Subfamily Histiopterinae Bleeker, 1876
Genus Evistius Gill, 1893 accepted as Latridopsis Gill, 1862
» Genus Evistias Jordan, 1907
» Genus Histiopterus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844
» Genus Parazanclistius Hardy, 1983
» Genus Paristiopterus Bleeker, 1876
» Genus Pentaceropsis Steindachner, 1883
» Genus Zanclistius Jordan, 1907
» Genus Griffinetta Whitley & Phillipps, 1939 accepted as Pentaceros Cuvier, 1829
Subfamily Pentacerotinae Bleeker, 1859» Genus Histiopterus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844
» Genus Parazanclistius Hardy, 1983
» Genus Paristiopterus Bleeker, 1876
» Genus Pentaceropsis Steindachner, 1883
» Genus Zanclistius Jordan, 1907
» Genus Griffinetta Whitley & Phillipps, 1939 accepted as Pentaceros Cuvier, 1829
» Genus Pentaceros Cuvier, 1829
» Genus Pseudopentaceros Bleeker, 1876 accepted as Pentaceros Cuvier, 1829 (synonym)
» Genus Quinquarius Jordan, 1907 accepted as Pentaceros Cuvier, 1829
» Genus Pseudopentaceros Bleeker, 1876 accepted as Pentaceros Cuvier, 1829 (synonym)
» Genus Quinquarius Jordan, 1907 accepted as Pentaceros Cuvier, 1829
Genus Evistius Gill, 1893 accepted as Latridopsis Gill, 1862
marine
Not documented
Description Distribution: Indo-Pacific and southwestern Atlantic. Body moderately deep (Pentaceropsis) to very deep (Pentaceros);...
Description Distribution: Indo-Pacific and southwestern Atlantic. Body moderately deep (Pentaceropsis) to very deep (Pentaceros); strongly compressed. Head bones exposed, rough and striated. Supramaxilla lacking. Dorsal fin having 4-14 strong spines; 9-29 soft rays. With 2-5 strong spines in anal fin; soft rays 7-13. Large pelvic fins. One long and strong spine in pelvic fin; soft rays 5. Scales small. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2022). FishBase. Pentacerotidae Bleeker, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151472 on 2022-08-15
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taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
[request] basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Description Distribution: Indo-Pacific and southwestern Atlantic. Body moderately deep (Pentaceropsis) to very deep (Pentaceros); strongly compressed. Head bones exposed, rough and striated. Supramaxilla lacking. Dorsal fin having 4-14 strong spines; 9-29 soft rays. With 2-5 strong spines in anal fin; soft rays 7-13. Large pelvic fins. One long and strong spine in pelvic fin; soft rays 5. Scales small. [details]
