African armoured searobin

The African armoured searobin lives in the demersal, marine, depth range 50 - 848 m , usually - 150 m environment.

We also spot an African armoured searobin (Peristedion cataphractum) atop the maerl, when all the searobins we had seen up to then had been on sandy or muddy sea beds. More

Common names

African armoured searobin in English
Afrikansk panserknurhane in Danish (dansk)
Andorinha in Creole, Portuguese
Andorinha in Creoles and Pidgins, Portuguese
Andorinha in Portuguese (Português)
Anzoleto de la Madona in Italian (Italiano)
Armadillo in Spanish (español)
Armado in Spanish (español)
Armata in Maltese (Malti)
armed gurnard in English
Buqarn in Maltese (Malti)
Cabra de casca in Portuguese (Português)
Cabra-armada in Portuguese (Português)
Cabra-de-casca in Portuguese (Português)
Cabra-de-casco in Portuguese (Português)
Cabra-espinhosa in Portuguese (Português)
Casca in Portuguese (Português)
Cocciu curnutu in Italian (Italiano)
Confessore in Italian (Italiano)
Dikenliöksüz in Turkish (Türkçe)
Dikenliöksüz baligi in Turkish (Türkçe)
Dikenliöksüz balığı in Turkish (Türkçe)
Forcone in Italian (Italiano)
Fuccata in Italian (Italiano)
Furcale in Italian (Italiano)
Furcata in Italian (Italiano)
Furchetta in Italian (Italiano)
Gepantserde poon in Dutch (Nederlands)
Gjeluc deti in Albanian (Shqip)
Kapóni in Greek (Ελληνικά)
Kapóni in Greek, Modern (1453)
Keratás in Greek (Ελληνικά)
Keratás in Greek, Modern (1453)
Keratopsaro in Greek (Ελληνικά)
Keratopsaro in Greek, Modern (1453)
Kihôbô in Japanese (日本語)
Kokot turcin (lastavica) in Serbian (српски језик)
Mailed gurnard in English
Malarmado africano in Spanish (español)
Malarmat in Catalan (Català)
Malarmat in French (français)
Malarmat africain in French (français)
Pansamane in Swedish (Svenska)
Pansarhane in Swedish (Svenska)
Pansarnane in Swedish (Svenska)
Panserulk in Danish (dansk)
Panserulke in Norwegian (Norsk)
Panssarikurnusimppu in Finnish (suomen kieli)
Panzerfisch in German (Deutsch)
Panzerhahn in German (Deutsch)
Panzerknurrhahn in German (Deutsch)
Peristedio forcuto in Italian (Italiano)
Pesca forca in Italian (Italiano)
Pesce cornute in Italian (Italiano)
Pesce cornuto in Italian (Italiano)
Pesce forca in Italian (Italiano)
Pescio forca in Italian (Italiano)
Pisci corrudu in Italian (Italiano)
Pisci fucca in Italian (Italiano)
Pisci trafinu in Italian (Italiano)
Pixxikornutu in Maltese (Malti)
Raspa rogna in Italian (Italiano)
Rubio armado in Spanish (español)
Tuba in Italian (Italiano)
Tubeca in Italian (Italiano)
Turcin in Croatian (Hrvatski)
Urrari in Icelandic (Íslenska)
Vitezovka in Slovene
Vitezovka in Slovenian (slovenščina)
Zbrojownik in Polish (polski)
Κερατάς in Greek (Ελληνικά)
Κερατόψαρο in Greek (Ελληνικά)
Κερατόψαρο in Greek, Modern (1453)
петух вооруженный морской in Russian (русский язык)
тригла панцирная in Russian (русский язык)
大西洋黃魴鮄 in Mandarin Chinese
大西洋黄鲂鮄 in Mandarin Chinese

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Order : Scorpaeniformes
Family : Peristediidae
Genus : Peristedion
Species : Peristedion cataphractum
Authority : Linnaeus, 1758