Japanese armorhead

Cold and temperate sea fish

Parcours précédent parcours suivant

Identity card

Japanese armorhead

Scientific name:: Pentaceros japonicus

Family:: Pentacerotidae

Class:: Actinopterygii

Phylum:: Chordata

Year of description:: Steindachner, 1883

IUCN Status:: Least Concern

Distribution:: West Pacific Ocean, southern Japan, New Zealand and Australia.

Habitat:: Between 100 and 830 m, on the seamounts.

Size:: 25 cm.

Diet:: .

The Japanese armorhead is called Tsubodai in Japanese.

Did you know?

Where can you find them?

The Japanese armorhead lives in Japanese waters; it is also found in the south of New Zealand and Australia and in the north-eastern waters of Taiwan.

How can you recognise them?

A small-scaled fish, the Japanese armorhead has a greyish-brown body with a lighter area on its belly. Younger fish have irregular dark markings on their bodies.