Paristiopterus gallipavo

Paristiopterus gallipavo, the yellowspotted boarfish, brown-spotted boarfish, giant boarfish or yellow-spotted penfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, an armourhead from the family Pentacerotidae.[1] It is a carnivorous species which is endemic to the temperate seas of southern Australia where its range extends from Carnarvon, Western Australia to the Investigator Strait in South Australia. It is found at depths down to 260 metres (850 ft) and it lives on the continental shelf or continental slope.[2]

Paristiopterus gallipavo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Pentacerotidae
Genus: Paristiopterus
Species:
P. gallipavo
Binomial name
Paristiopterus gallipavo
Whitley, 1944

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Paristiopterus gallipavo" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
  2. Bray, D.J. (2019). "Paristiopterus gallipavo ". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
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