peristedion

English Thesaurus

1. in some classifications the type genus of the subfamily Peristediinae: armored sea robins (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	fish genus,
definition	:	any of various genus of fish (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	armored sea robin, armored searobin, peristedion miniatum,
definition	:	sea robins having bony scutes on the body and barbels on the chin; found mostly on the continental slope (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family triglidae, triglidae,
definition	:	in some classifications restricted to the gurnards and subdivided into the subfamilies Triglinae (true sea robins) and Peristediinae (armored sea robins) (noun.animal)