Spotted weever

Taxobox
name = Spotted weever
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Trachinidae
genus = "Trachinus"
species = "T. araneus"
binomial = "Trachinus araneus"
binomial_authority = Cuvier, 1829The spotted weever, "Trachinus araneus", is a fish of the Trachinidae family, Scorpaeniformes order, and Actinopterygii class.

It is up to 45 cm long, brown and yellow on the head and back, paler below with darker spots along the sides. The shape of its body is long and laterally flattened, the mouth almost is vertical in the head [ [http://www.users.totalise.co.uk/~darrenbarton/id56.htm Trachinidae Family] ] . The front half of the first dorsal fin is black.

The spotted weever lives close to the bottom down to about 100 m. It preferes a subtropical climate; the coordinates are 45°N - 18°S, 19°W -36°E.

The spotted weever can be found from Portugal to Angola and the Mediterranean. It is of minor commercial importance. It inhabitates at shallow waters to about 100m depth near rocks and sea grass near by, burrowing in the bottom. Just as other weevers, it feeds on small fishes and crustaceans [ [http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=9258 FishBase] ] .

References

* [http://filaman.ifm-geomar.de/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=9258 Spotted Weever Species summary]
* [http://www.users.totalise.co.uk/~darrenbarton/id56.htm Spotted Weever a member of Trachinidae family]

Footnotes

ee also

* Lesser Weever
* Greater weever
* Weever
* Trachinidae