Animal Diversity Web

Peristedion cataphractum

African armoured searobin

(Also: Mailed gurnard)

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
        
        Order Scorpaeniformes
        
        Family Peristediidae (Armored searobins or armored gurnards)
        
        Genus Peristedion
        
        Species Peristedion cataphractum (African armoured searobin)