Pentaceros

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Pseudopentaceros richardsoni.jpg

| image_caption = Pentaceros richardsoni

| taxon = Pentaceros

| authority = G. Cuvier, 1829{{Cof record|genid=1118|title = Pentaceros | access-date = 17 May 2020}}

| type_species = Pentaceros capensis

| type_species_authority = G. Cuvier, 1829

| synonyms =

Pseudopentaceros Bleeker, 1876
Gilchristia D. S. Jordan, 1907
Quadrarius D. S. Jordan, 1907
Quinquarius D. S. Jordan, 1907
Undecimus Whitley, 1934
Griffinetta Whitley & Phillipps, 1939

| synonyms_ref = {{Cof family | family = Penacerotidae | access-date = 17 May 2020}}

}}

Pentaceros is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, armorheads from the family Pentacerotidae. They are native to the Pacific, Indian, and eastern Atlantic Oceans. Pentaceros is the only genus in the monotypic subfamily Pentacerotinae.{{cite book |title=Fishes of the World |edition=5th |author1=J. S. Nelson |author2=T. C. Grande |author3=M. V. H. Wilson |year=2016 |pages=443 |publisher=Wiley |ISBN= 978-1-118-34233-6 |url=https://sites.google.com/site/fotw5th/ }}

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:{{FishBase genus | genus = Pentaceros| month = February | year = 2014}}

Pentaceros capensis G. Cuvier, 1829 (Cape armorhead)
Pentaceros decacanthus Günther, 1859 (big-spined boarfish)
Pentaceros japonicus Steindachner, 1883 (Japanese armorhead)
Pentaceros quinquespinis Parin & Kotlyar, 1988
Pentaceros richardsoni A. Smith, 1844 (pelagic armorhead)
Pentaceros wheeleri (Hardy, 1983) (slender armorhead)

References

External links

Smith, J.L.B. 1964. [http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019731 Fishes of the family Pentacerotidae. Ichthyological Bulletin; No. 29]. Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.

Category:Taxa named by Georges Cuvier