Trachinus

Trachinus; Temporal range: Oligocene-Holocene
	Trachinus draco - the type species of the genus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Trachiniformes
Family:	Trachinidae
Genus:	Trachinus; Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
	Trachinus draco; Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
	Corystion Rafinesque, 1810; Pseudotrachinus Bleeker, 1861;

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Trachinus is a genus of weevers, order Perciformes that consists of seven extant species. Six of the genus representatives inhabit the waters of Eastern Atlantic Ocean, but only one, Trachinus cornutus, inhabits the South-Eastern Pacific Ocean. Three of the Atlantic species occur near the coasts of Europe. An eighth extinct species, T. minutus, is known from Oligocene-aged strata from the Carpathian Mountains, while a ninth species, also extinct, T. dracunculus, is known from middle-Miocene-aged strata from Piemonte, Italy.

The genus name, given by Linnaeus, is from trachina, the Medieval Latin name for the fish,^[3] which in turn is from the Ancient Greek τρᾱχύς trachýs ‘rough’.^[4]

Species

Spotted weever, Trachinus araneus Cuvier, 1829.
Guinean weever, Trachinus armatus Bleeker, 1861.
Sailfin weever, Trachinus collignoni Roux, 1957.
Trachinus cornutus Guichenot, 1848.
Greater weever, Trachinus draco Linnaeus, 1758.
Striped weever, Trachinus lineolatus Fischer, 1885.
Cape Verde weever, Trachinus pellegrini Cadenat, 1937.
Starry weever, Trachinus radiatus Cuvier, 1829.
†Oligocene Carpathian weever, Trachinus minutus (Jonet, 1958)
†Miocene weever, Trachinus draculanus Heckel, 1849

References

^ Přikryl, Tomáš. "A JUVENILE TRACHINUS MINUTUS (PISCES, PERCIFORMES, TRACHINIDAE) FROM THE MIDDLE OLIGOCENE OF LITENČICE (MORAVIA, CZECH REPUBLIC)." Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae, Series B-Historia Naturalis 65 (2009).
^ Bailly N, ed. (2014). "Trachinus Linnaeus, 1758". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
^ "trachinoid". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
^ Entry ‘Trachinidae’. Webster’s Third Unabridged Dictionary

Sources

Trachinus at FishBase

External links

Media related to Trachinus at Wikimedia Commons

[Prikryl-1] Přikryl, Tomáš. "A JUVENILE TRACHINUS MINUTUS (PISCES, PERCIFORMES, TRACHINIDAE) FROM THE MIDDLE OLIGOCENE OF LITENČICE (MORAVIA, CZECH REPUBLIC)." Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae, Series B-Historia Naturalis 65 (2009).

[WoRMS-2] Bailly N, ed. (2014). "Trachinus Linnaeus, 1758". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 19 June 2018.

[3] "trachinoid". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)

[4] Entry ‘Trachinidae’. Webster’s Third Unabridged Dictionary

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