Peristedion miniatum
Armored Searobin
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Scorpaeniformes (Lionfish, Stonefish and others)
Peristediidae (Armored Searobins)
Peristedion
Peristedion miniatum (Armored Searobin)
Description
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Characters
Relatively short rostral projections and long, filamentous mandibular barbel; head relatively short and broad; snout long and depressed; rostral projection narrow with single spine near base; nasal spine well developed; lower jaw with single serrated ridge; 2 slender lip barbels separated; 8 or 9 chin barbels in four or five assemblages; filamentous mandibular barbel long, extending to end of perifacial rim; perifacial rim terminates as broad right-angled wing or flat spinelike projection; gill rakers 2 or 3 on upper limb, 1 in corner, 17 to 21 on lower limb; measurements (% SL): head length 33%–37%, head depth 15%–19%, rostral projection length 5%–6%, snout length 16%–17%, mandibular barbel length 21%–31%, orbit length 6%–8%, interorbital width 6%–8%, pectoral fin length 14%–17%, first free pectoral fin length 20%–21%, body depth 18%–22%; joined pectoral fin rays 12 or 13; first dorsal fin with seven or eight spines, second dorsal fin with 17 or 18 rays; anal fin with 17 to 19 rays; scutes in dorsal series 24 to 26, supramedian series 28 to 30, inframedian series 23 to 26, ventral series 19 to 21
Orangish red in life, with dorsal fin margins reddish black; in preservative, body straw colored with dorsal fin margins black
Distribution
Western Atlantic from Georges Bank to Brazil, including the entire Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Mexico, common off the west coast of Florida
Habitat Associations
Depth range 64 to 910 m
Biology
Shrimps, stomatopods, and other small crustaceans
Maximum known size about 300 mm SL
Found mostly on the continental slope.
Reproductive mode: dioecism; fertilization: external; nonguarders (open water/substratum egg scatterers); parental care: none. Oviparous (Ref. 37799).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2013-01-31. Resilience: Medium (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
References
Longley and Hildebrand 1941
Bigelow and Schroeder 1953
Teague 1961
Hoese and Moore 1977
Hoese and Moore 1998
Darcy and Gutherz 1984
Robins and Ray 1986
Cervigón 1991
Boschung 1992
Richards and Miller 2002b
Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray (1986) A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p.
Bowman, R.E., C.E. Stillwell, W.L. Michaels and M.D. Grosslein (2000) Food of northwest Atlantic fishes and two common species of squid. NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-NE 155, 138 p.
Richards, W.J. (1996) Triglidae: searobins. p. 797-805. In H.G. Moser (ed.) The early stages of fishes in the California Current region. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) Atlas No. 33. 1505 p.
Patzner, R.A. (2008) Reproductive strategies of fish. pp. 311-350. In Rocha, M.J., A. Arukwe and B.G. Kapoor (eds). Fish reproduction: cytology, biology and ecology. Science Publisher, Inc. Oxford. 631 p.
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