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Noun: armoured sea robin
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: armored sea robin)
  1. Sea robins having bony scutes on the body and barbels on the chin; found mostly on the continental slope
    "Researchers observed armoured sea robins at depths of 200 meters"; "Researchers observed armoured sea robins at depths of 200 meters";
    - armored searobin [US], armored sea robin [US], Peristedion miniatum

Derived forms: armoured sea robins

Type of: sea robin, searobin

Part of: genus Peristedion, Peristedion

Encyclopedia: Armoured sea robin