Armored Searobin: 2017 American Samoa

Video of a searobin using modified fins to move across the seafloor during a dive within the Ta’u Unit of National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa. It’s a fish out for a stroll! Armored sea robins are related to the sea robins found in shallow water along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the U.S. They differ from shallow water sea robins by having four rows of bony plates along the body. Each plate has a thick, curved, short spine—hence the common name. They also have horn-like projections on e