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Peristediidae (Armored searobins or armored gurnards)
Etymology: Peristedion: Greek, peri = around + Greek, stethion = breast.
More on author: Goode.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 64 - 910 m. Deep-water; 42°N - 33°S
Western Atlantic: Georges Bank and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil; absent from West Indies.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7251)
Found mostly on the continental slope.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 9.9 - 20.1, mean 14.3 °C (based on 160 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00617 (0.00301 - 0.01264), b=3.11 (2.94 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.7 ±0.3 se; based on diet studies.
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (20 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 36 [19, 82] mg/100g; Iron = 0.496 [0.250, 0.971] mg/100g; Protein = 16.9 [15.4, 18.2] %; Omega3 = 0.642 [0.265, 1.851] g/100g; Selenium = 18 [8, 44] μg/100g; VitaminA = 14.2 [3.3, 59.2] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.453 [0.306, 0.678] mg/100g (wet weight);