Slender Searobin
Peristedion gracile
- Group: Other
- Typical depth: 30–475 m
- Max size: 20 cm
- For divers: safe
- IUCN status: LC
This armoured deep slope dweller walks the bottom on stiff feeler rays, tasting the mud for buried prey as it goes. Despite the spiny look it has no venom gland and grows only to about twenty centimetres, living down between thirty and roughly 475 metres.
Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Teleostei › Perciformes › Peristediidae › Peristedion
Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 159548.
FAQ
- How deep does the Slender Searobin live?
- The Slender Searobin (Peristedion gracile) is typically found at 30–475 m.
- Is the Slender Searobin dangerous to divers?
- The Slender Searobin is harmless to divers.
- How big does the Slender Searobin get?
- The Slender Searobin grows to about 20 cm.