Trachinus pellegrini

Trachinus pellegrini, the Cape Verde weever, is a fish of the family Trachinidae. Widespread in the eastern Atlantic along the coasts of Senegal to Nigeria, including the Canary Islands and Cape Verde, and also reported from Mauritania, it is a marine tropical demersal fish, up to 20 centimetres (7.9 in) in length.^[2] 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.^[3]

Cape Verde weever
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Trachiniformes
Family:	Trachinidae
Genus:	Trachinus
Species:	T. pellegrini
Binomial name
Trachinus pellegrini Cadenat, 1937

References

1. Carpenter, K.E.; Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; de Bruyne, G. & de Morais, L. (2015). "Trachinus pellegrini". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T21132668A42691964. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T21132668A42691964.en.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Trachinus pellegrini". FishBase. February 2018 version.
3. Cadenat, J. (1937). "Recherches systématiques sur les poissons littoraux de la côte occidentale d'Afrique. Liste des poissons littoraux récoltés par le navire "Président Théodore-Tissier" au cours de sa cinquième croisière (1936)" (PDF). Revue des Travaux de l'Institut des Pêches Maritimes (in French). 10 (4(40)): 425–562. Retrieved 20 June 2018.

Further reading

• Fenner, Robert M. The Conscientious Marine Aquarist. Neptune City, New Jersey, USA: T.F.H. Publications, 2001.
• Helfman, G., B. Collette and D. Facey: The diversity of fishes. Blackwell Science, Malden, Massachusetts, USA, 1997.
• Hoese, D.F. 1986. A M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany
• Maugé, L.A. 1986. A J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels; MRAC, Tervuren, Flanders; and ORSTOM, Paris, France, Vol. 2.
• Moyle, P. and J. Cech.: Fishes: An Introduction to Ichthyology, 4th ed., Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, USA: Prentice-Hall. 2000.
• Nelson, J.: Fishes of the World, 3rd ed.. New York, USA: John Wiley and Sons., 1994
• Wheeler, A.: The World Encyclopedia of Fishes, 2nd ed., London: Macdonald., 1985