The slender searobin, Peristedion gracilis, is a bony fish belonging to the family of armored searobin. Peristedion gracile is found in New Jersey, United States of America and the Gulf of Campeche Northern Mexico in Mexico, the West Indies, Venezuela and Suriname. It lives at a depth of about 30-475 m. Order: Scorpaeniformes, Family: Peristediidae, Genus: Peristedion, Species: Peristedion gracile.