Armored searobin

Taxobox
name = Armored searobins

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image_caption = Slender searobin, "Peristedion gracile"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Scorpaeniformes
familia = Peristediidae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Gargariscus" "Heminodus" "Paraheminodus" "Peristedion" "Satyrichthys" See text for species.The armored searobins, or armored gurnards are a family, Peristediidae, of scorpaeniform fishes. FishBase family | family = Peristediidae | month = February | year = 2006] They are found in deep tropical waters around the world. They are related to the searobins in the family Triglidae — and some authorities classify them in that family [cite book | author = Joseph S. Nelson | title = Fishes of the World | publisher = John Wiley & Sons | id = ISBN 0-471-54713-1] [ITIS | ID = 166702 | taxon = Scorpaeniformes | date = 31 March | year = 2006] — but they are encased in heavy scales with prominent spines. They have prominent and often elaborate barbels on their chins.

Species

There are 45 species in five genera:
* Genus "Gargariscus"
** "Gargariscus prionocephalus" (Duméril, 1869).
* Genus "Heminodus"
** "Heminodus japonicus" Kamohara, 1952.
** "Heminodus philippinus" Smith, 1917.
* Genus "Paraheminodus"
** "Paraheminodus kamoharai" Kawai, Imamura & Nakaya, 2004. [cite journal | journal = Ichthyological Research | doi = 10.1007/s10228-004-0205-y | volume = 51 | issue = 2 | year = 2004 | pages = 126–130 | title = A new species of armored sea robin, "Paraheminodus kamoharai" (Teleostei: Peristediidae), from the Philippines | author = Toshio Kawai, Hisashi Imamura and Kazuhiro Nakaya]
** Murray's armored gurnard, "Paraheminodus murrayi" (Günther, 1880).
* Genus "Peristedion"
** "Peristedion altipinne" Regan, 1903.
** "Peristedion amblygenys" Fowler, 1938.
** "Peristedion antillarum" Teague, 1961.
** "Peristedion barbiger" Garman, 1899.
** Flathead searobin, "Peristedion brevirostre" (Günther, 1860).
** African armored searobin, "Peristedion cataphractum" (Linnaeus, 1758).
** "Peristedion crustosum" Garman, 1899.
** "Peristedion ecuadorense" Teague, 1961.
** Slender searobin, "Peristedion gracile" Goode & Bean, 1896.
** "Peristedion greyae" Miller, 1967.
** "Peristedion imberbe" (Poey, 1861).
** "Peristedion investigatoris" (Alcock, 1898).
** Armored gurnard, "Peristedion liorhynchus" (Günther, 1872).
** "Peristedion longispatha" (Goode & Bean, 1886).
** Armored searobin, "Peristedion miniatum" (Goode, 1880).
** Black-finned armored-gurnard, "Peristedion moluccense" Bleeker, 1851.
** "Peristedion nierstraszi" Weber, 1913.
** "Peristedion orientale" (Fowler, 1938).
** "Peristedion paucibarbiger" Castro-Aguirre & Garcia-Domínguez, 1984.
** "Peristedion riversandersoni" (Alcock, 1894).
** Rimspine searobin, "Peristedion thompsoni" Fowler, 1952.
** "Peristedion truncatum" (Günther, 1880).
** "Peristedion unicuspis" Miller, 1967.
** "Peristedion weberi" Smith, 1934.
* Genus "Satyrichthys"
** "Satyrichthys adeni" (Lloyd, 1907).
** "Satyrichthys amiscus" (Jordan & Starks, 1904).
** "Satyrichthys clavilapis" Fowler, 1938.
** "Satyrichthys engyceros" (Günther, 1872).
** "Satyrichthys hians" (Gilbert & Cramer, 1897).
** "Satyrichthys isokawae" Yatou & Okamura, 1985.
** "Satyrichthys laticephalus" Kamohara, 1952.
** "Satyrichthys lingi" (Whitley, 1933).
** "Satyrichthys longiceps" (Fowler, 1943).
** "Satyrichthys magnus" Yatou, 1985.
** "Satyrichthys orientale" (Fowler, 1938).
** "Satyrichthys piercei" Fowler, 1938.
** "Satyrichthys quadratorostratus" (Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979).
** Spotted armored-gurnard, "Satyrichthys rieffeli" (Kaup, 1859).
** "Satyrichthys serrulatus" (Alcock, 1898).
** Robust armored-gurnard, "Satyrichthys welchi" (Herre, 1925).

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