Peristedion cataphractum, African armoured searobin

Query: Armored searobin

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Subject:	Peristedion cataphractum, African armoured searobin
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Peristedion cataphractum, African armoured searobin

Description
English: Peristedion cataphractum collected near Apulia coast (southern Italy). Photo by Enrico Ricchitelli.
Author Etrusko25 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Etrusko25
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peristedion_cataphractum.jpg

The African armoured searobin (Peristedion cataphractum) is a marine bony fish of armored searobin family. It is spread all over the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean from the Bay of Biscay to Senegal. It lives on soft sandy or muddy bottoms from 50 to 500 (rarely up to over 800) meters deep. Order: Perciformes, Family: Peristediidae, Genus: Peristedion, Species: Peristedion cataphractum Linnaeus, 1758.

Armored searobin
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