Peristedion

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Peristedion
Slender searobin ( Peristedion gracile ).jpg
Peristedion gracile
Armored searobin ( Peristedion miniatum ).jpg
Peristedion miniatum
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Peristediidae
Genus: Peristedion
Lacépède, 1801

Peristedion is a genus of fish in the family Peristediidae found in Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific ocean waters. It has been given the common name Sea Robin.[1]

Species[]

There are currently 23 recognized species in this genus:

References[]

  1. ^ See for example, Armored Sea Robin Peristedion miniatum, Goode, 1880 , Nova Scotia Archives
  2. ^ a b c Ono, M. & Kawai, T. (2014): Review of Armored Searobins of the Genus Peristedion(Teleostei: Peristediidae) in Japanese Waters. Species Diversity, 19 (2): 117-131.
  3. ^ Kawai, T. (2016): Peristedion richardsi sp. nov. (Actinopterygii: Teleostei: Peristediidae) from Indonesian waters, with synonymy between Peristedion riversandersoni Alcock, 1894 and Peristedion nierstraszi Weber, 1913. Zootaxa, 4171 (2): 335-346.


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