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Trachinus pellegrini

(Trachinus pellegrini)

Description

Trachinus pellegrini, the Cape Verde weever, is a fish of the Trachinidae family. Widespread in the Eastern Atlantic along the coasts of Senegal to Nigeria, including the Canary Islands and Cape Verde, also reported from Mauritania. Marine tropical demersal fish, up to 20 centimetres (7.9 in) in length. The species was named and described by Jean Cadenat in 1937 and the specific name honours the French ichthyologist Jacques Pellegrin (1873-1944), who worked at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Actinopterygii
Order:Perciformes
Family:Trachinidae
Genus:Trachinus
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