WoRMS taxon details
Pentaceros richardsoni Smith, 1844
313240 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:313240)
accepted
Species
Griffinetta nelsonensis Whitley & Phillipps, 1939 · unaccepted
Pentaceros knerii Steindachner, 1866 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pseudopentaceros richardsoni (Smith, 1844) · unaccepted (Reverted to original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Smith, A. (1838-1847). Pisces. <em>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.</em> v. 4: 77 unnumb. pp, accompanying Pls. 1-31. [Published in parts; see Barnard 1950 for dates of individual parts; fishes from 1838-1847.]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Pentaceros richardsoni Smith, 1844. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=313240 on 2025-04-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Smith, A. (1838-1847). Pisces. <em>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.</em> v. 4: 77 unnumb. pp, accompanying Pls. 1-31. [Published in parts; see Barnard 1950 for dates of individual parts; fishes from 1838-1847.]. [details]
original description (of Pentaceros knerii Steindachner, 1866) Steindachner, F. (1866). Fortsetzung der ichthyologischen Notizen. <em>Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe.</em> 3: 19-20. [details]
original description (of Griffinetta nelsonensis Whitley & Phillipps, 1939) Whitley, G. P.; Phillipps, W. J. (1939). Descriptive notes on some New Zealand fishes. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> v. 69 (no. 2): 228-236, Pls. 21-22. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Pentaceros knerii Steindachner, 1866) Steindachner, F. (1866). Fortsetzung der ichthyologischen Notizen. <em>Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe.</em> 3: 19-20. [details]
original description (of Griffinetta nelsonensis Whitley & Phillipps, 1939) Whitley, G. P.; Phillipps, W. J. (1939). Descriptive notes on some New Zealand fishes. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> v. 69 (no. 2): 228-236, Pls. 21-22. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., 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
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | pelagic armorhead | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (15 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Pseudopentaceros richardsoni (Smith, 1844))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pseudopentaceros richardsoni) (from synonym Pseudopentaceros richardsoni (Smith, 1844))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pseudopentaceros richardsoni (Smith, 1844))
To FishBase (from synonym Pentaceros knerii Steindachner, 1866)
To Fishbase (from synonym Griffinetta nelsonensis Whitley & Phillipps, 1939)
To FishBase images (Pentaceros richardsoni, Hawaii, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 37 proteins) (from synonym Pseudopentaceros richardsoni (Smith, 1844))
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 37 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Pentaceros richardsoni Smith, 1844; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2578713)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pentaceros richardsoni FIN031725 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Pseudopentaceros richardsoni (Smith, 1844))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pseudopentaceros richardsoni) (from synonym Pseudopentaceros richardsoni (Smith, 1844))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Pseudopentaceros richardsoni (Smith, 1844))
To FishBase (from synonym Pentaceros knerii Steindachner, 1866)
To Fishbase (from synonym Griffinetta nelsonensis Whitley & Phillipps, 1939)
To FishBase images (Pentaceros richardsoni, Hawaii, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 37 proteins) (from synonym Pseudopentaceros richardsoni (Smith, 1844))
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 37 proteins)
To NHMUK collection (Pentaceros richardsoni Smith, 1844; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2578713)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pentaceros richardsoni FIN031725 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
