Author: Regan and Trewavas, 1932
Pentherichthys venustus Regan and Trewavas, 1932
Status in World Register of Marine Species:
Accepted name: Pentherichthys venustus (Regan and Trewavas, 1932) (updated 2009-06-25)
Diagnosis: females with filaments at base of posterior escal appendage branched and as long or longer than diameter of escal bulb; other characters as for genus.
Habitat, Food, Reproduction: see suborder.
Distribution: Atlantic; larvae off and south-west of Madeira (see notes to genus).