First record of the Starry Weever Trachinus radiatus (Cuvier, 1829) from the Madeira archipelago

McIvor, Ashlie J.; Wirtz, Peter

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Authors

McIvor, Ashlie J.

Wirtz, Peter

Abstract(s)

The Starry Weever (Trachinus radiatus, Cuvier 1829) is one of nine extant species of the Trachinidae family, which typically inhabit sandy-bottomed environments. This species is widespread throughout the Mediterranean Sea and in the Eastern Atlantic from continental Portugal to Angola, including the Canary Islands (Seret & Opic 2011; Smith, 2016). It has, however, not yet been recorded from the Azores, Madeira, and the Cabo Verde Islands. Carneiro et al. (2019) mentioned a museum specimen allegedly from Madeira Island in the Paris Natural History Museum (MNHN-IC-2005-2436,1925) but this specimen is not from Madeira, it is from Casablanca fish market (Iglesias pers. comm. To the second author). We herein provide the first true record of T. radiatus from the Madeira archipelago, in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean.

Keywords

Trachinus radiatus Madeira Archipelago

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/6665

Citation

McIvor, A.J. and P. Wirtz 2022. First record of the Starry Weever "Trachinus radiates" (Cuvier, 1829) from the Madeira archipelago. “Arquipelago. Life and Marine Sciences", 38: 39-42. https://doi.org/10.25752/arq.29556