pelagic armorhead
Pentaceros richardsoni Smith, 1844
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Pseudopentaceros richardsoni
Smith, Andrew, Sir, 1797-1872; Macleay, William Sharp, 1792-1865; Great Britain. Treasury; Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa; Day & Haghe, lithographer · Public domain · Image sourceProvider-generated thumbnail requested at 800 pixels; no local editing Local WebP display rendition; resized without cropping.
Open encyclopedia reference
Pentaceros richardsoni, the pelagic armourhead, Richardson's boarfish or southern boarfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, an armourhead from the family Pentacerotidae. It has a wide distribution in the oceans of the southern hemisphere. It is commercially important as a food fish.
Wikipedia contributors, Pentaceros richardsoni; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T06:44:03.928394+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Pentaceros richardsoni Smith, 1844
- Name authority
- Smith, 1844
- Common name
- pelagic armorhead
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Acropomatiformes
- Family
- Pentacerotidae
- Genus
- Pentaceros
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderAcropomatiformes
- familyPentacerotidae Bleeker, 1859
- subfamilyPentacerotinae Bleeker, 1859
- genusPentaceros Cuvier, 1829
- speciesPentaceros richardsoni Smith, 1844
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Griffinetta nelsonensis Whitley & Phillipps, 1939 Whitley & Phillipps, 1939 | synonym |
| Pseudopentaceros richardsoni (Smith, 1844) (Smith, 1844) | synonym |
| Pentaceros knerii Steindachner, 1866 Steindachner, 1866 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Smith, A. (1838). Pisces. In: Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa; Consisting Chiefly of Figures and Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected during an Expedition into the Interior of South Africa in 1834-36., v. 4: 77 unnumb. pp, accompanying Pls. 1–31. [Published in parts; see Barnard 1950 for dates of individual parts; fishes from 1838–1847.]. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:76MDK. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.