Species: Peristedion barbiger, Bearded armored-searobin

Peristedion barbiger Garman, 1899

Bearded armored-searobin

The head and body flattened below and completely covered in a heavy armor of bony plates and spines; bony keel along side of  head wide, ends in a sharply pointed wing; snout long and broad, extended in a pair of short, broad, narrowly separated bony plates that usually converge towards front; rostral spines present, point forward and converge nasal spines weak or absent; barbels below the lower jaw in a short, thick beard,  filamentous barbell 1, short, rarely reaches to eye; no large spines on the preoperculum; dorsal fin divided into spiny and soft parts, VIII + 18; pectoral fin with main fin (11-13) plus 2 free rays below; anal fin without spines, 18-20; pelvic fins are wide apart, below base of pectorals, with I, 5 rays; lateral line plates 33.