Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Pentacerotidae

Pentacerotidae (armorheads and boarfishes)

Synonyms: Histiopteridae

Wikipedia Abstract

Pentacerotidae, the armorheads or boarfishes, are a small family of fishes in the order Perciformes. They are native to the Indian Ocean, western and central Pacific, and southwestern Atlantic. They are generally found at rocky reefs below normal scuba diving depths, although several species occur in low densities at shallower depths.
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Genus

Evistias (Boarfish) (1)
Histiopterus (Armorhead) (1)
Parazanclistius (Boarfish) (1)
Paristiopterus (Boarfish) (2)
Pentaceropsis (Boarfish) (1)
Pentaceros (Armorhead) (6)
Zanclistius (Boarfish) (1)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0