Guinean weever

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

The Guinean weever (Trachinus armatus) is a fish of the Trachinidae family, widespread in the eastern Atlantic along the coasts of Africa from Mauritania to Angola. A marine, tropical, demersal fish, it grows up to 35 cm length.[1]

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