Starry weever

Starry weever
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Trachiniformes
Family:Trachinidae
Genus:Trachinus
Species: T. radiatus
Binomial name
Trachinus radiatus
Cuvier, 1829
Synonyms
  • Pseudotrachinus pardalis Bleeker, 1861
  • Pseudotrachinus radiatus (Cuvier, 1829)
  • Trachinus pardalis (Bleeker]], 1861)
  • Trachinus vainus Rafinesque, 1810

The starry weever, Trachinus radiatus, is a fish of the Trachinidae family widespread in the eastern Atlantic from Gibraltar to the Gulf of Guinea, and probably further south; it is also known from the Mediterranean Sea. A marine subtropical fish, it grows up to 50 centimetres (20 in) in length.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Carpenter, K.E.; Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; de Bruyne, G. & de Morais, L. (2015). "Trachinus radiatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T198720A42691969. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Trachinus radiatus" in FishBase. February 2018 version.


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