Echiichthys vipera, Lesser weever : fisheries, gamefish

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Echiichthys vipera (Cuvier, 1829)

Lesser weever
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Percoidei (Perchs) > Trachinidae (Weeverfishes)
Etymology: Echiichthys: Greek, echieys, eos = a little viper + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Cuvier.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 3 - 50 m (Ref. 130224). Subtropical; 59°N - 20°N, 19°W - 36°E

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Eastern Atlantic: North Sea to the Mediterranean, Morocco and Madeira. Reported from the Canary Islands (Ref. 3397).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 27.7 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 128593); common length : 10.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4645); max. published weight: 166.17 g (Ref. 128593)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Body elongate. Coloration grey-brown on the back and silvery-white on the sides. No spines in front of the eyes (Ref. 35388).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Littoral and benthic, on sandy, muddy or gravelly bottoms, from a few meters to about 150 m (in winter). Rest on the bottom, often buried with eyes and tip of first dorsal fin exposed. Considered as the most dangerous of the European weevers, both for its poison and for its frequent occurrence very near to beaches (Ref. 4675). There are venom glands on the first dorsal fin, which is totally black, and on the gill cover (Ref. 6790). Also Ref. 57406.

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Roux, C., 1990. Trachinidae. p. 893-895. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 6790)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Venomous (Ref. 4690)





Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial; gamefish: yes
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 7.3 - 16.1, mean 10.5 °C (based on 734 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.0020   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00708 (0.00452 - 0.01108), b=3.05 (2.92 - 3.18), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.4   ±0.7 se; based on diet studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (18 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 147 [78, 319] mg/100g; Iron = 1.21 [0.72, 2.22] mg/100g; Protein = 18.5 [17.5, 19.4] %; Omega3 = 0.306 [0.172, 0.539] g/100g; Selenium = 22 [10, 49] μg/100g; VitaminA = 42.1 [14.1, 137.5] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.819 [0.532, 1.216] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.