Scientific Name
Paraheminodus longirostralis

Common Name
Armored Searobin

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 20-21; Anal soft rays: 20 - 21; Vertebrae: 33 - 34. Body fusiform, covered with bony plates. Head large, depressed and expanded around the edges. Flat and elongated rostral projection on each side, rostral nearly parallel. Mouth large, inferior, upper jaw not reaching below anterior border of orbit (Ref. 79587). Thirty-four bony plates in upper lateral row, with 23rd?26th to 31st or 32nd plates each bearing a forward-directed spine; gill rakers 6?7 + 1 + 20?21 = 27?28; rostral projection elongate (53.0?59.3% HL); upper jaw short (42.1?43.4% HL); pectoral fin elongate (70.6?79.4% HL); a long preopercular spine (39.2?57.7%HL); distance between anus and caudal fin base 49.9?52.1% SL (Ref. 79587).

Classification

Classified By

Kawai, Nakaya & S?ret, 2008

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Scorpionfishes and Flatheads (Scorpaeniformes)

Family

Armored searobins or armored gurnards (Peristediidae)

Distribution

Region

Pacific Ocean

Distribution

Pacific Ocean: New Caledonia.

Range

21°S - 22°S, 167°E - 168°W

Environment

Climate

Subtropical

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

412 m

Depth To - meters

467 m

Zone

benthopelagic

Environment

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 412 - 467 m (Ref. 79587)

Trophic Level

3.39 s.e. 0.41 Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

False

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

13.7 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.5625 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Fisheries:

Vulnerability

Low to moderate vulnerability (32 of 100)

Resilience

Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Not Evaluated