Peristediidae
| Peristediidae | |
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| Illustration of Slender searobin, Peristedion gracile | |
| An armored searobin near the southeastern United States in 2019 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Suborder: | Platycephaloidei |
| Family: | Peristediidae D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1883 |
| Genera | |
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Peristediidae, the armored sea robins or armoured gurnards, is a family of ray-finned fishes belonging to the suborder Platycephaloidei in the order Scorpaeniformes. They are found in the deep water in the tropical and warm temperate of the world's oceans.