WoRMS taxon details
Peristedion cataphractum (Linnaeus, 1758)
127233 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127233)
accepted
Species
Octonus olosteon Rafinesque, 1810 · unaccepted
Peristedion chabrontera Lacepède, 1801 · unaccepted
Peristedion macronema Cadenat, 1951 · unaccepted
Peristedion malarmat Lacepède, 1801 · unaccepted
Trigla cataphracta Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Trigla cataphracta Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Peristedion cataphractum (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127233 on 2025-05-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Peristedion chabrontera Lacepède, 1801) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34.
page(s): 368, 373 [details]
original description (of Peristedion macronema Cadenat, 1951) Cadenat, J. (1951). Initiations Africaines. III. Poissons de mer du Sénégal. <em>Institute Francais d'Afrique Noire.</em> 1-345. [1950 on cover, apparently published in 1951.]. [details]
original description (of Peristedion malarmat Lacepède, 1801) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34.
page(s): 368, 369 [details]
original description (of Trigla cataphracta Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Octonus olosteon Rafinesque, 1810) Rafinesque, C.S. (1810). Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ossia, catalogo metodico dei nomi latini, italiani, e siciliani dei pesci, che si rinvengono in Sicilia disposti secondo un metodo naturale e seguito da un appendice che contiene la descrizione de alcuni nuovi pesci sicilian. Messina. Pp 1-70, Pls. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6340395
page(s): 29, 54 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 368, 373 [details]
original description (of Peristedion macronema Cadenat, 1951) Cadenat, J. (1951). Initiations Africaines. III. Poissons de mer du Sénégal. <em>Institute Francais d'Afrique Noire.</em> 1-345. [1950 on cover, apparently published in 1951.]. [details]
original description (of Peristedion malarmat Lacepède, 1801) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1801). Histoire naturelle des poissons. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34.
page(s): 368, 369 [details]
original description (of Trigla cataphracta Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Octonus olosteon Rafinesque, 1810) Rafinesque, C.S. (1810). Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; Indice d'ittiologia siciliana; ossia, catalogo metodico dei nomi latini, italiani, e siciliani dei pesci, che si rinvengono in Sicilia disposti secondo un metodo naturale e seguito da un appendice che contiene la descrizione de alcuni nuovi pesci sicilian. Messina. Pp 1-70, Pls. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6340395
page(s): 29, 54 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Census of Marine Life (2012). SYNDEEP: Towards a first global synthesis of biodiversity, biogeography and ecosystem function in the deep sea. Unpublished data (datasetID: 8), available online at http://www.comlsecretariat.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/SYNDEEP-Towards-a-first-global-synthesis-of-biodiversity-biogeography-and-ecosystem-function-in-the-deep-sea-Eva-Ramirez-Llodra-et-al..pdf [details]
additional source Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 300 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. <i>J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A)</i>: 1-37 (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 300 [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 300 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. <i>J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A)</i>: 1-37 (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 300 [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | peshku cfurkpeshk terfurku | [details] |
| Dutch | gepantserde poon | [details] |
| English | armed gurnard | [details] |
| French | malarmat | [details] |
| Hebrew | קילשונית המעמקים | [details] |
| Italian | pesce forca | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Κερατόψαρο | [details] |
| Spanish | armado | [details] |
| Turkish | dikenli oksuz | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (16 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (115 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Peristedion malarmat Lacepède, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Octonus olosteon Rafinesque, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Peristedion chabrontera Lacepède, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (67 publications) (from synonym Trigla cataphracta Linnaeus, 1758)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Peristedion cataphractum)
To FishBase (from synonym Trigla cataphracta Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Peristedion macronema Cadenat, 1951)
To FishBase (from synonym Peristedion malarmat Lacepède, 1801)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Peristedion chabrontera Lacepède, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Octonus olosteon Rafinesque, 1810)
To FishBase images (Peristedion cataphractum, Spain, by Garcia-Franco, M.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 20 proteins) (from synonym Trigla cataphracta Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Peristedion cataphractum USNM 405135 photograph dorsal view)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (115 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Peristedion malarmat Lacepède, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Octonus olosteon Rafinesque, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Peristedion chabrontera Lacepède, 1801)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (67 publications) (from synonym Trigla cataphracta Linnaeus, 1758)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Peristedion cataphractum)
To FishBase (from synonym Trigla cataphracta Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Peristedion macronema Cadenat, 1951)
To FishBase (from synonym Peristedion malarmat Lacepède, 1801)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Peristedion chabrontera Lacepède, 1801)
To FishBase (from synonym Octonus olosteon Rafinesque, 1810)
To FishBase images (Peristedion cataphractum, Spain, by Garcia-Franco, M.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 20 proteins) (from synonym Trigla cataphracta Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Peristedion cataphractum USNM 405135 photograph dorsal view)
To PESI
To ITIS
