Pentaceros decacanthus, Bigspined boarfish : fisheries

Pentaceros decacanthus Günther, 1859

Bigspined boarfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Acropomatiformes (Oceanic basses) > Pentacerotidae (Armorheads) > Pentacerotinae
Etymology: Pentaceros: Greek, pente = five + Greek, keras = horn (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Günther.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 37 - 460 m (Ref. 9563), usually 300 - ? m. Deep-water; 13°S - 54°S, 112°E - 109°W

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Indo-Pacific: southern Australia and New Zealand.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 25.5 cm NG male/unsexed; (Ref. 89467)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found on the continental shelf and slope, usually in depths greater than 300 m (Ref. 9563).

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Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott, 1991. World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p. (Ref. 4537)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 04 February 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index
(Ref. 82804) 		PD50 = 0.5157 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight a=0.01995 (0.00906 - 0.04395), b=3.01 (2.83 - 3.19), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level
(Ref. 69278) 		3.4   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience
(Ref. 120179) 		Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability
(Ref. 59153) 		Moderate to high vulnerability (54 of 100). 🛈
Climate Vulnerability
(Ref. 125649) 		Low vulnerability (25 of 100). 🛈
Price category
(Ref. 80766) 		Unknown.
Nutrients
(Ref. 124155) 		Calcium = 38.9 [21.0, 79.8] mg/100g; Iron = 0.509 [0.164, 1.022] mg/100g; Protein = 17.4 [16.2, 18.6] %; Omega3 = 0.329 [0.163, 0.642] g/100g; Selenium = 15.4 [6.4, 35.6] μg/100g; VitaminA = 8.45 [1.56, 43.63] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.426 [0.283, 0.636] mg/100g (wet weight);