| Family | Scientific Name | Author | Year | Common Name |
| Triglidae | Bellator militaris | (Goode & Bean) | 1896 | Horned Searobin |
Bellator militaris
All Bellator – Dorsal spines usually 11 (rarely 10 or 12). Soft dorsal with 11 rays. First 1 or 2 dorsal spines often long and filamentous on males. Opercular membrane without scales. Individuals relatively small (less than 17 cm standard length).
Unique Characters: Body rosy with horizontal yellow lines extending onto caudal fin. Second dorsal and caudal fins with yellow bands. Pectoral fins with blackish spots on uppermost rays. Cleithral spine long, extending well beyond tip of opercular spine. Chest scaled; thin horn-like projections extending well beyond snout.
Similar Species:
Streamer Searobin
Bellator egretta
Shortfin Searobin
Bellator brachychir
Streamer Searobin Bellator egretta. Cleithral spine short, not extending beyond tip of opercular spine. Chest naked. Horn-like projections barely extend beyond snout, almost blunt First free ray of pectoral fin shorter than pectoral-fin length. Eyeball with tabs or tentacles on dorsoposterior portion, Nasal spines present. Mouth small, maxilllary not extending to anterior margin of eye. Pectorals with alternating patches of light and dark pigment, appearing as brown patches on dorsal 1 to 2 pectoral-fin rays (often seen as bands).
Shortfin Searobin Bellator brachychir. Cleithral spine short, not extending beyond tip of opercular spine. Chest naked. Horn-like projections barely extend beyond snout, almost blunt First free ray of pectoral fin considerably longer than pectoral-fin length. Eyeball without tabs or tentacles. Nasal spines absent. Mouth large, maxillary extending beyond anterior margin of eye. Pectoral fins dusky or with an elongate black spot dorsally, posterior margin white.
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