| Family: |
Peristediidae (Armored searobins or armored gurnards) |
| Max. size: |
13.68 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
benthopelagic; marine; depth range 412 - 467 m |
| Distribution: |
Western Pacific: New Caledonia. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 20-21; Anal soft rays: 20-21; Vertebrae: 33-34. This species is distinguished by the following characters: fusiform body, covered with bony plates; large head, depressed and expanded around the edges; flat and elongated rostral projection on each side, rostral nearly parallel; large mouth, inferior, upper jaw not reaching below anterior border of orbit (Ref. 79587).
Description: bony plates 34 in upper lateral row, with 23rd-26th to 31st or 32nd plates each bearing a forward-directed spine; gill rakers 6-7 + 1 + 20-21 = 27-28; elongated rostral projection (53.0-59.3% HL); upper jaw short (42.1-43.4% HL); pectoral fin elongate (70.6-79.4% HL); long preopercular spine (39.2-57.7%HL); distance between anus and caudal fin base 49.9-52.1% SL (Ref. 79587). |
| Biology: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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