← Back

Striped Searobin

Prionotus evolans

Classification

Family
Triglidae

Prionotus evolans, the striped searobin, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Triglidae, the sea robins. This fish is found in the western Atlantic Ocean. Taxonomy Prionotus evolans was first formally described in 1766 by the Swedish scientist Carl Linnaeus as Trigla evolans, with the type locality given as South Carolina and Jamaica.

Distribution

(c) alfanoar, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
Loading map…
Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 509Canada · 1