Heminodus is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Peristediidae, the armoured gurnards or armored sea robins.

[5] Heminodus philippinus has a fusiform body armoured with bony plates and a large, flattened head with a broad snout which has a short, triangular rostral projection on either side, almost parallel to each other.

The space between the eyes is concave with no clear ridges/ There are spines on the supraocular, parietal, posttemporal, opercular, and preopercular bones in the head.

[1] Heminodus philippinus has been sited by Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines, the South China Sea, and the Andaman Coast of India.

[6][7] This is a deep water demersal fish living at depths between 200 and 500 m (660 and 1,640 ft) on the continental shelf and slope.