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Peristedion cataphractum (Linnaeus, 1758)

African armoured searobin
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Spain country information

Common names: Armadillo, Armado, Armado
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
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

Classification / Names ชื่อสามัญ | ชื่อพ้อง | Catalog of Fishes(สกุล, ชนิด) | 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 นิเวศวิทยา

เกี่ยวกับทะเล,น้ำเค็ม สัตว์น้ำหน้าดิน; ระดับความลึก 50 - 848 m (Ref. 56504), usually ? - 150 m (Ref. 10780).   Deep-water; 52°N - 15°S, 18°W - 36°E

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Eastern Atlantic: British Isles and English Channel to Angola, including the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / ขนาด / น้ำหนัก / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 22 - ? cm
Max length : 40.0 cm TL เพศผู้/กระเทย; (Ref. 3397); common length : 18.0 cm TL เพศผู้/กระเทย; (Ref. 3397)

ชีววิทยา     ภาคผนวก (เช่น epibenthic)

Depth range from 50-600 m (Ref. 10780) and from 288-848 m in the eastern Ionian Sea (Ref. 56504). Gregarious. Occurs on muddy or rocky bottoms of the shelf. Digs the mud with its rostrum, searching for prey; stands and walks on the bottom with its free pectoral rays. After a pelagic existence, the juveniles live in coastal waters before migrating to deeper waters (Ref. 6556). Minimum depth range taken from Ref. 27000.

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | การสืบพันธุ์ | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | ตัวอ่อน

Main reference Upload your references | อ้างอิง | ผู้ประสานงาน | ผู้ร่วมมือ

Wheeler, A., 1992. A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(suppl.A):1-37. (Ref. 5204)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 15 July 2014

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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