alligator searobin
Peristedion greyae Miller, 1967
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Peristedion greyae, the alligator searobin, alligator armored searobin or prickly armoured sea robin, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Peristediidae, the armoured gurnards or armored sea robins. It is found in the western central Atlantic.
Wikipedia contributors, Peristedion greyae; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:20:14.579520+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Peristedion greyae Miller, 1967
- Name authority
- Miller, 1967
- Common name
- alligator searobin
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Peristediidae
- Genus
- Peristedion
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderPerciformes
- suborderScorpaenoidei
- familyPeristediidae Jordan & Gilbert, 1883
- genusPeristedion Lacepède, 1801
- speciesPeristedion greyae Miller, 1967
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Peristedion. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Peristedion liorhynchus (Günther, 1872) | PeristediidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Peristedion longicornutum Fricke, Kawai, Yato & Motomura, 2017 | PeristediidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| armored searobinPeristedion miniatum Goode, 1880 | PeristediidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Peristedion nierstraszi Weber, 1913 | PeristediidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cortez searobinPeristedion paucibarbiger Castro-Aguirre & Garcia-Domínguez, 1984 | PeristediidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| rimspine searobinPeristedion thompsoni Fowler, 1952 | PeristediidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Peristedion unicuspis Miller, 1967 | PeristediidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Peristedion weberi Smith, 1934 | PeristediidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Peristedion crustosum Garman, 1899 | PeristediidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Peristedion truncatum (Günther, 1880) | PeristediidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Peristedion antillarum Teague, 1961 | PeristediidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Peristedion ecuadorense Teague, 1961 | PeristediidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Miller, G. C. (1967). A new species of western Atlantic armored searobin, Peristedion greyae (Pisces: Peristediidae). Bulletin of Marine Science, 17 (1): 16–41. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:6V5H5. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.