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Peristedion gracile Goode & Bean, 1896

Slender searobin
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Common names: Slender searobin
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 26340.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986
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Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Peristediidae (Armored searobins or armored gurnards)
Etymology: Peristedion: Greek, peri = around + Greek, stethion = breast.
  More on authors: Goode & Bean.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 30 - 475 m (Ref. 7251).   Deep-water; 41°N - 20°N

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