Trachinus
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Trachinus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the weever family Trachinidae consisting of eight extant species and a few extinct species. All species of the genus inhabit the waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean with the exception of T. cornutus, which inhabits the southeastern part of the Pacific Ocean. Three of the seven Atlantic species occur near the coasts of Europe.
Trachinus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the weever family Trachinidae consisting of eight extant species and a few extinct species. All species of the genus inhabit the waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean with the exception of T. cornutus, which inhabits the southeastern part of the Pacific Ocean. Three of the seven Atlantic species occur near the coasts of Europe.
Species list
The eight extant species of the genus are: Trachinus araneus Cuvier, 1829 (spotted weever) Trachinus armatus Bleeker, 1861 (Guinean weever) Trachinus collignoni Roux, 1957 (sailfin weever) Trachinus cornutus Guichenot, 1848 Trachinus draco Linnaeus, 1758 (greater weever) Trachinus lineolatus Fischer, 1885 (striped weever) Trachinus pellegrini Cadenat, 1937 (Cape Verde weever) Trachinus radiatus Cuvier, 1829 (starry weever) Three extinct species have also been placed in this genus: † Trachinus minutus (Jonet, 1958) (Oligocene, Carpathian Mountains) † Trachinus dracunculus Heckel, 1849 (Miocene, Piemonte, Italy) † Trachinus maroccanus Than-Marchese et al ., 2023 (Pliocene, Morocco)
References
Sources
Trachinus at FishBase
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