WoRMS taxon details
Trachinus araneus Cuvier, 1829
127081 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127081)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome troisième. Suite du Livre troisième. Des percoïdes à dorsale unique à sept rayons branchiaux et à dents en velours ou en cardes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 3: i-xxviii + 2 pp. + 1-500, Pls. 41-71. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xxii + 1-368 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Trachinus araneus Cuvier, 1829. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127081 on 2026-04-21
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License
Nomenclature
original description
Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome troisième. Suite du Livre troisième. Des percoïdes à dorsale unique à sept rayons branchiaux et à dents en velours ou en cardes. <em>F. G. Levrault, Paris.</em> v. 3: i-xxviii + 2 pp. + 1-500, Pls. 41-71. [Cuvier authored volume. i-xxii + 1-368 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | ranxha me pikapeshk merimangë e zezëdreqi merimangë i detit | [details] |
| Catalan | aranya fragata | [details] |
| Danish | plettet fjæsing | [details] |
| Dutch | gevlekte pieterman | [details] |
| English | streaked weeverspotted weever | [details] |
| Finnish | täplälouhikala | [details] |
| French | vive araignée | [details] |
| German | SpinnenqueisePetermännchen | [details] |
| Hebrew | דרקון עכבישי | [details] |
| Italian | tracina ragno | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | δράκαιναΑραχνοδράκαιναdrákena | [details] |
| Portuguese | peixe-aranha pontuado | [details] |
| Spanish | escorpiónarañaananya | [details] |
| Swedish | fläckig fjärsing | [details] |
| Tunisian Arabic | billem | [details] |
| Turkish | kum trakonyasi | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (65 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Trachinus araneus)
To FishBase
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (65 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Trachinus araneus)
To FishBase
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
Unreviewed
