Peristediidae (Armored searobins or armored gurnards) |
28 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
demersal; depth range 65 - 600 m |
Western Pacific: Japan, Taiwan, Sea of Japan, southern Pohai Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea, Indonesia and Australia. |
Dorsal spines (total): 7-7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 17-17; Anal soft rays: 17-17. This species is distinguished by the following characters: barbels, 2 on lip and 2 (rarely 1) on the chin; head and body with scattered dusky small spots; upper lateral bony plates of caudal peduncle with antrose spines (Ref. 93228). |
Inhabits warm tropical seas along the continental shelf edge and slope and insular areas (Ref. 9771). Benthic (Ref. 75154). |
Not Evaluated
(Ref. 96402)
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harmless |
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