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Peristediidae
slender searobin
Peristedion gracile
Twenty Centimeters Peristediid Fish
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- South America
- Fusiform
- Medium
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Fusiform
Mediumslender searobin is a marine fish of Western Atlantic. The species occupies deep water. Records give a maximum length of 20 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Perches and Allies
- Family
- Peristediidae
- Genus
- Peristedion
- Maximum length
- 20 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: New Jersey, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to Campeche in Mexico; reported to extend to the West Indies, and off Venezuela and Suriname (Ref. 13608 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Water
Conservation status
