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