Armorhead

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Armorheads
Longfin boarfish, Zaclistius elevatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Pentacerotidae
Genera
Evistias Histiopterus Parazanclistius Paristiopterus Pentaceropsis Pentaceros Pseudopentaceros Zanclistius See text for species.
Synonyms
Histiopteridae

The Armorheads are a small family, Pentacerotidae, of fishes in the order Perciformes. They are native to the Indo-Pacific and southwestern Atlantic.

Their name, from Greek pente meaning "five" and keras meaning "horn", refers to the prominent sharp spines in their dorsal fin (though these do not number five in all species).

[edit] Species

• Genus Evistias Jordan, 1907
  • Striped boarfish, Evistias acutirostris (Temminck and Schlegel, 1844)
• Genus Histiopterus Temminck and Schlegel, 1844
  • Sailfin armourhead, Histiopterus typus Temminck and Schlegel, 1844
• Genus Parazanclistius Hardy, 1983
  • Short boarfish, Parazanclistius hutchinsi Hardy, 1983
• Genus Paristiopterus Bleeker, 1876
  • Yellowspotted boarfish, Paristiopterus gallipavo Whitley, 1944
  • Giant boarfish or common boarfish or sowfish, Paristiopterus labiosus (Günther, 1872)
• Genus Pentaceropsis Steindachner in Steindachner and Döderlein, 1883
  • Longsnout boarfish, Pentaceropsis recurvirostris (Richardson, 1845)
• Genus Pentaceros Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1829
  • Cape armourhead, Pentaceros capensis Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1829
  • Bigspined boarfish, Pentaceros decacanthus Günther, 1859
  • Japanese armorhead or Japanese boarfish, Pentaceros japonicus Steindachner, 1883
  • Pentaceros quinquespinis Parin and Kotlyar, 1988
• Genus Pseudopentaceros Bleeker, 1876
  • Longfin armorhead, Pseudopentaceros pectoralis
  • Pelagic armorhead, Pelagic armourhead, Richardson's boarfish, Southern boarfish, Pseudopentaceros richardsoni (Smith, 1844)
  • Slender armorhead, Pseudopentaceros wheeleri Hardy, 1983
• Genus Zanclistius Jordan, 1907
  • Longfin boarfish, Zanclistius elevatus (Ramsay and Ogilby, 1888)

[edit] References

• "Pentacerotidae". FishBase. Ed. Rainer Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.