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Peristediidae (Armored searobins or armored gurnards)
Etymology: Peristedion: Greek, peri = around + Greek, stethion = breast; nesium: Name from the Greek word 'nesos' meaning islander; treated as an adjective..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; bathydemersal. Tropical
Eastern Central Pacific: Costa Rica.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 86275)
This species was collected with otter trawls at depths between 110 and 180 m, over sandy substratum. However, it was not present in hauls made along the same transects at lesser depths. Typical demersal fishes collected in the same hauls include Paralichthyidae, Triglidae, Anthiinae, Ophichthidae, Aulopidae, Ococephalidae and Malacanthidae (Ref. 86275).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Bussing, W.A., 2010. A new fish, Peristedion nesium (Scorpaeniformes: Peristediidae) from Isla del Coco, Costa Rica. J. Tropic. Biol. 58(4):1149-1156. (Ref. 86275)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00617 (0.00305 - 0.01247), b=3.11 (2.94 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.3 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
