Trachinus
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Trachinus is a genus
of weevers, order Perciformes
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of weevers, order Perciformes
Perciformes
The Perciformes, also called the Percomorphi or Acanthopteri, is one of the largest orders of vertebrates, containing about 40% of all bony fish. Perciformes means perch-like. They belong to the class of ray-finned fish and comprise over 7,000 species found in almost all aquatic environments...
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Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
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- Spotted weeverSpotted weeverThe spotted weever, Trachinus araneus, is a fish of the Trachinidae family, Perciformes 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...
, Trachinus araneus CuvierGeorges CuvierGeorges Chrétien Léopold Dagobert Cuvier or Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric Cuvier , known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist...
, 1829. - Guinean weeverGuinean weeverThe Guinean weever, Trachinus armatus, is a fish of the Trachinidae family, Perciformes order, and Actinopterygii class. Widespread in the Eastern Atlantic along the coasts of Africa from Mauritania to Angola. Marine tropical demersal fish, up to 35 cm length.- References :*...
, Trachinus armatus BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1861. - Sailfin weever, Trachinus collignoni Roux, 1957.
- Trachinus cornutus Guichenot, 1848.
- Greater weeverGreater weeverThe greater weever, Trachinus draco, is a weever fish of the family Trachinidae. It is less common than the lesser weever.- Description :...
, Trachinus draco LinnaeusCarolus LinnaeusCarl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...
, 1758. - Striped weever, Trachinus lineolatus Fischer, 1885.
- Cape Verde weever, Trachinus pellegrini Cadenat, 1937.
- Starry weeverStarry weeverThe starry weever, Trachinus araneus, is a fish of the Trachinidae family, Perciformes order, and Actinopterygii class. Widespread in the Eastern Atlantic from Gibraltar to the Gulf of Guinea, probably further south; known from the Mediterranean Sea. Marine subtropical fish, up to 50 cm length....
, Trachinus radiatus CuvierGeorges CuvierGeorges Chrétien Léopold Dagobert Cuvier or Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric Cuvier , known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist...
, 1829.
- Spotted weever