Longhorn Armored Gurnard, Peristedion longicornutum Fricke, Kawai, Yato & Motomura 2017

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Bray, D.J. 2025, Peristedion longicornutum in Fishes of Australia, accessed 06 Apr 2025, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/5757

Longhorn Armored Gurnard, Peristedion longicornutum Fricke, Kawai, Yato & Motomura 2017

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Distribution

 Off Wooli, New South Wales. Elsewhere the species occurs west Pacific: Taiwan; Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.

Features

 A species of Peristedion characterized by 21–23 dorsal-fin soft rays; 20–22 anal-fin soft rays; 29–33 bony plates in dorsal row, 35–38 in upper lateral row, 26–29 in lower lateral row, 23–26 in ventral row; 3 lip and 6–7 chin groups of barbels; 14–26 branches on filamentous barbel; 15–24 total chin barbels; anterior edge of 4th sensory pore of rostral projection located half a pupil diameter anterior to anterior edge of premaxilla; very long and needle-like rostral projections, length 14.2–22.3% SL; a wide interspace between rostral projections, interspace 0.2–0.3 in rostral-projection width; rostral projection with rounded margin on medial side at base; perifacial rim smooth and straight; upper detached pectoral-fin ray longer than joined pectoral fin; and peritoneum pale.

Species Citation

 Peristedion longicornutum Fricke, Kawai, Yato & Motomura 2017, Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 28: 92, Figs. 1-2. Type loclaity: Western Pacific Ocean, Papua New Guinea, New Ireland Province, north of New Hanover, 2°15.61'S, 150°16.63'E - 2°14.519'S, 150°13.84'E, depth 450-474 m.

Author

Bray, D.J. 2025

Resources

Atlas of Living Australia

Longhorn Armored Gurnard, Peristedion longicornutum Fricke, Kawai, Yato & Motomura 2017

References

Fricke, R., Kawai, T., Yato, T. & Motomura, H. 2017. Peristedion longicornutum, a new species of armored gurnard from the western Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Peristediidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 28: 90-102. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1008818

Quick Facts

Depth:20 cm SL
Depth:340-506 m

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