Peristedion

Peristedion is a genus of fish in the family Peristediidae found in Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific.

Peristedion
Peristedion gracile
Peristedion miniatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scorpaeniformes
Family:	Peristediidae
Genus:	Peristedion Lacépède, 1801

Species

There are currently 23 recognized species in this genus:

• Peristedion altipinne Regan, 1903
• Peristedion amblygenys Fowler, 1938 [1]
• Peristedion antillarum Teague, 1961 (Long-nose armoured searobin)
• Peristedion barbiger Garman, 1899
• Peristedion brevirostre (Günther, 1860) (Flat-head searobin)
• Peristedion cataphractum (Linnaeus, 1758) (African armoured searobin)
• Peristedion crustosum Garman, 1899
• Peristedion ecuadorense Teague, 1961
• Peristedion gracile Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896 (Slender searobin)
• Peristedion greyae G. C. Miller, 1967
• Peristedion imberbe Poey, 1861
• Peristedion liorhynchus (Günther, 1872) [1]
• Peristedion longispatha Goode & T. H. Bean, 1886
• Peristedion miniatum Goode, 1880 (Armoured searobin)
• Peristedion nesium W. A. Bussing, 2010
• Peristedion orientale Temminck & Schlegel, 1843 [1]
• Peristedion paucibarbiger Castro-Aguirre & García-Domínguez, 1984
• Peristedion richardsi Kawai, 2016 [2]
• Peristedion riversandersoni Alcock, 1894
• Peristedion thompsoni Fowler, 1952 (Rim-spine searobin)
• Peristedion truncatum (Günther, 1880) (Black armoured searobin)
• Peristedion unicuspis G. C. Miller, 1967
• Peristedion weberi J. L. B. Smith, 1934

References

1. Ono, M. & Kawai, T. (2014): Review of Armored Searobins of the Genus Peristedion(Teleostei: Peristediidae) in Japanese Waters. Species Diversity, 19 (2): 117-131.
2. 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.