Spotted weever
📖 Overview
Inhabit shallow waters to about 100 m depth, burrowing in the bottom. Feed on small fishes and crustaceans . Anterolateral glandular grooves and opercular spine with venom gland . Oviparous, eggs and larvae are pelagic .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Physical description for Spotted weever is currently being compiled.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Spotted weever is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; demersal; depth range 1 - 100 m . Subtropical; 45°N - 18°S, 19°W - 36°E known from the Mediterranean.
🌿 Ecology
small fishes and crustaceans (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
⚠️ Venom Profile
- severe immediate pain
- oedema
- occasional systemic effects
Analgesia and wound care.
References: Compiled from Bhide (2018), Halstead et al. (1988) and family-specific envenomation literature
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Spotted weever · streaked weever |
| 🏳️Catalan | Aranya · aranya fragata |
| 🌍CES | ostnatec skvrnkovaný |
| 🇩🇰Danish | plettet fjæsing |
| 🇩🇪German | Geflecktes Petermännchen · Mittelländische Queise · Mittelländisches Petermännchen · Petermännchen · Spinnen-Petermännchen · Spinnenqueise |
| 🌍ELL | drákena · Αραχνοδράκαινα · δράκαινα |
| 🇫🇮Finnish | täplälouhikala |
| 🇫🇷French | Vive-araignée · vive araignée |
| 🌍HEB | דרקון עכבישי |
| 🇭🇷Croatian | Pauk crnac |
| 🇮🇹Italian | tracina ragno |
| 🌍MLT | Sawt · Tracna · Tracna tat-tbajja |
| 🇳🇱Dutch | gevlekte pieterman |
| 🇵🇱Polish | Ostrosz sieklik |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Aranha-pontuado · Aranhuço · Areeiro-pintado · Peixe-aranha-pontuado · peixe-aranha pontuado |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Средиземноморский морской дракон |
| 🌍SLV | Lisasti morski pajek |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Araña · ananya · escorpión · pez araña |
| 🌍SQI | dreqi merimangë i detit · peshk merimangë e zezë · ranxha me pika |
| 🇸🇪Swedish | fläckig fjärsing |
| 🌍TUR | kum trakonyasi |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 4 records indexed .
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