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Trachinus radiatus
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Percoidei (Perchs) > Trachinidae (Weeverfishes)
Etymology: Trachinus: Greek, trachys, -eia, -ys = rough (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Cuvier.
Etymology: Trachinus: Greek, trachys, -eia, -ys = rough (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Cuvier.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 1 - 150 m (Ref. 6790), usually 30 - 60 m (Ref. 6790). Subtropical; 46°N - 16°S, 14°E - 36°E
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Eastern Atlantic: Gibraltar to the Gulf of Guinea; probably further south. Known from the Mediterranean (Ref. 231).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 50.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3397); common length : 25.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 6790)
Max length : 50.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3397); common length : 25.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 6790)
Found on sand and mud bottoms on the continental shelf from shoreline to a depth of about 150 m (Ref. 6790). Oviparous (Ref. 4675). Eggs and larvae are pelagic (Ref. 4675).
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Main reference
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Roux, C., 1990. Trachinidae. p. 893-895. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 6790)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 14 July 2014
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Venomous (Ref. 4690)
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial
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