WoRMS taxon details
Pentaceros decacanthus Günther, 1859
279264 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279264)
accepted
Species
Quinquarius hendecacanthus McCulloch, 1915 · unaccepted
Undecimus hendecacanthus (McCulloch, 1915) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Günther, A. (1859). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gasterosteidae, Berycidae, Percidae, Aphredoderidae, Pristipomatidae, Mullidae, Sparidae. <em>London.</em> v. 1: i-xxxi + 1-524. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Pentaceros decacanthus Günther, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279264 on 2025-03-31
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Nomenclature
original description
Günther, A. (1859). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gasterosteidae, Berycidae, Percidae, Aphredoderidae, Pristipomatidae, Mullidae, Sparidae. <em>London.</em> v. 1: i-xxxi + 1-524. [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]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To Barcode of Life (16 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Undecimus hendecacanthus (McCulloch, 1915))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Quinquarius hendecacanthus McCulloch, 1915)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pentaceros decacanthus)
To FishBase (from synonym Quinquarius hendecacanthus McCulloch, 1915)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Undecimus hendecacanthus (McCulloch, 1915))
To FishBase images (Pentaceros decacanthus, Easter I., by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pentaceros decacanthus FIN031724 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Undecimus hendecacanthus (McCulloch, 1915))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Quinquarius hendecacanthus McCulloch, 1915)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pentaceros decacanthus)
To FishBase (from synonym Quinquarius hendecacanthus McCulloch, 1915)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Undecimus hendecacanthus (McCulloch, 1915))
To FishBase images (Pentaceros decacanthus, Easter I., by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pentaceros decacanthus FIN031724 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
