Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Pentacerotidae > Paristiopterus > Paristiopterus labiosus

Paristiopterus labiosus (Sowfish; Long-snouted boarfish; Giant penfish; Giant boarfish; Duckfish; Common boarfish; Boarfish)

Synonyms: Histiopterus labiosus
Language: Mandarin Chinese; Russian

Wikipedia Abstract

Paristiopterus labiosus, the giant boarfish, is a species of armorhead native to the coastal waters of southern Australia, and New Zealand. It occurs over the continental shelf at depths from 20 to 170 m (66 to 558 ft). This species can reach a length of 100 cm (39 in). It is a commercially important species.
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Prey / Diet

Linucula hartvigiana[1]
Ophiomyxa brevirima[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Gilloblennius tripennis (Thripenny)1
Parablennius laticlavius (Crested blenny)1
Rhombosolea leporina (New Zealand flounder)1
Upeneichthys lineatus (bluespotted goatfish)1

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Hysterothylacium aduncum[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1B. C. Russell (1983): The food and feeding habits of rocky reef fish of north‐eastern New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 17:2, 121-145
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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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