WoRMS taxon details
Pentaceros capensis Cuvier, 1829
221470 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:221470)
accepted
Species
Quinquarius capensis (Cuvier, 1829) · unaccepted
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. (2026). FishBase. Pentaceros capensis Cuvier, 1829. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=221470 on 2026-07-11
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Nomenclature
original description
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]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
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] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio 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 Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Quinquarius capensis (Cuvier, 1829))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pentaceros capensis)
To FishBase (from synonym Quinquarius capensis (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Quinquarius capensis (Cuvier, 1829))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pentaceros capensis)
To FishBase (from synonym Quinquarius capensis (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To ITIS
