Trachinus radiatus Starry weever

Trachinus radiatus is commonly referred to as Starry weever. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic.

Profile

lexID:

4586 

AphiaID:

127083 

Scientific:

Trachinus radiatus 

German:

Strahlen-Petermännchen 

English:

Starry Weever 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Trachinidae (Family) > Trachinus (Genus) > radiatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Cuvier, 1829 

Occurrence:

Tunesien, Benin, Straße von Gibraltar, Alborán Sea (Mediterranean Sea), Algeria, Angola, Balearic Islands, East-Atlantic Ocean, Equatorial Guinea, European Coasts, Gabon, Israel, Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean), Mauritania, Morocco, Nigeria, Northern Africa, Portugal, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Spain, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), The Gulf of Guinea, the Ivory Coast, the Mediterranean Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) 

Sea depth:

30 - 150 Meter 

Size:

9.84" - 19.69" (25cm - 50cm) 

Temperature:

64.4 °F - 75.2 °F (18°C - 24°C) 

Food:

Fish (little fishes), Mysis, Predatory, Schrimps, Worms 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Trachinus araneus
  Spinnen-Petermännchen
• Trachinus armatus
• Trachinus collignoni
• Trachinus cornutus
• 
  Trachinus draco
  Großes Petermännchen
• Trachinus lineolatus
• Trachinus pellegrini
• 
  Trachinus radiatus
  Strahlen-Petermännchen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2012-08-29 20:36:29 

Last edit:

2020-08-28 10:38:11 

Toxicity

Trachinus radiatus is (very) poisonous and the poison can kill you under circumstances!!!
If you want to keep Trachinus radiatus, inform yourself about the poison and its effects before buying. Keep a note with the telephone number of the poison emergency call and all necessary information about the animal next to your aquarium so that you can be helped quickly in an emergency.
The telephone numbers of the poison emergency call can be found here:
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Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

This message appears for poisonous, very poisonous and also animals whose poison can kill you immediately. Every human reacts differently to poisons. Please therefore weigh the risk for yourself AND your environment very carefully, and never act lightly!

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