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Peristedion cataphractum (Linnaeus, 1758)

African armoured searobin
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Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Peristedion cataphractum
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Spain country information

Common names: Armadillo, Armado, Armado
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found in Galicia (Ref. 86578). Recorded from the Balearic Islands (Ref. 26178).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/sp.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Bauchot, M.-L., 1987
National Database: ICTIMED

Common names from other countries

Malarmat, Armado, Armadillo, ... more

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinônimos | Catalog of Fishes(Gênero, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Peristediidae (Armored searobins or armored gurnards)
Etymology: Peristedion: Greek, peri = around + Greek, stethion = breast.
  More on author: Linnaeus.

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

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