Guinean weever

Guinean weever
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Trachiniformes
Family:Trachinidae
Genus:Trachinus
Species: T. armatus
Binomial name
Trachinus armatus
Bleeker, 1861

The Guinean weever (Trachinus armatus) is a fish of the Trachinidae family, widespread in the eastern Atlantic along the coasts of Africa from Mauritania to Angola. A marine, tropical, demersal fish, it grows up to 35 centimetres (14 in) length.[2]

References

  1. Carpenter, K.E.; Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; de Bruyne, G. & de Morais, L. (2015). "Trachinus armatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T21132659A42691944. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  2. Trachinus armatus at FishBase


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