Ray weever

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Ray weever
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Radiant Weever ( Trachinus radiatus )

Systematics
Spinefish (Acanthopterygii)
Perch relatives (Percomorphaceae)
Order : Perch-like (Perciformes)
Family : Weever (Trachinidae)
Genre : Trachinus
Type : Ray weever
Scientific name
Trachinus radiatus
Cuvier , 1829

The ray weever ( Trachinus radiatus , syn .: Echiichthys radiatus ) is a species of fish from the family of the weever (Trachinidae). It is considered a tasty food fish .

Occurrence

The fish occurs in the Mediterranean and on the African Atlantic coast from Gibraltar to the Gulf of Guinea at depths of up to 150 meters. It is a predatory fish that lives in particular on the sandy bottom and digs into it.

features

The fish are 40 to 50 centimeters long. They have an elongated, laterally flattened body. The head is large, the eyes are high, the mouth is pointed up. The first dorsal fin is short and supported by six hard rays, the second is very long. The first dorsal fin is covered with poisonous spines. Ray weever are gray to yellowish-brown in color and have numerous darker spots on the top and flanks. The underside is light.

Behavior in case of intoxication

The sting is very painful, there is also swelling, reddening, blistering and numbness. The consequences can last for days, under certain circumstances weeks and months. The first thing to do is to clean and remove any sting residue from the wound. For symptomatic treatment, analgesics and antihistamines can be used. In the south of France, Luc de Haro further developed the method of reducing toxins with a temperature shock. According to his suggestion, the wound should be heated with a hair dryer for two minutes and then cooled with ice.

swell

  • Matthias Bergbauer, Bernd Humberg: What lives in the Mediterranean? , 1999, Franckh-Kosmos Verlag, ISBN 3-440-07733-0
  1. ↑ a b c Andreas Schaper, Luc de Haro, Martin Ebbecke, Joachim Rosenbusch, Herbert Desel: Intoxications through actively poisonous marine animals In: Deutsches Ärzteblatt , vol. 100, issue 10, March 7, 2003 ( online ; PDF; 207 kB)
  2. ^ Andreas Schaper, Herbert Desel, Martin Ebbecke, K.-H. Frosch, C. Langer: Local Effects of Biogenic Poisons. In: Journal of General Medicine , 2006, 82, 385-389, doi : 10.1055 / s-2006-942090

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