{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = Oligocene-Holocene<ref name=Prikryl>Přikryl, Tomáš. "A JUVENILE TRACHINUS MINUTUS (PISCES, PERCIFORMES, TRACHINIDAE) FROM THE MIDDLE OLIGOCENE OF LITENČICE (MORAVIA, CZECH REPUBLIC)." Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae, Series B-Historia Naturalis 65 (2009).</ref> | image = Trachinus draco 2.jpeg | image_caption = ''Trachinus draco'' | taxon = Trachinus | authority = Linnaeus, 1758 | type_species = ''Trachinus draco'' | type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758 | synonyms = *''Corystion'' <small>Rafinesque, 1810</small> *''Pseudotrachinus'' <small>Bleeker, 1861</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref name=WoRMS>{{cite WoRMS |title=Trachinus Linnaeus, 1758 |id=126094 |year=2014 |db=FishBase |access-date=19 June 2018}}</ref> }}
'''''Trachinus''''' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the weever family Trachinidae consisting of eight extant species and a few extinct species. All species of the genus inhabit the waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean with the exception of ''T. cornutus'', which inhabits the southeastern part of the Pacific Ocean. Three of the seven Atlantic species occur near the coasts of Europe.
== Etymology == The genus name, given by Linnaeus, is from ''{{lang|la|trachina}}'', which is the Medieval Latin name for the fish.<ref>{{OED|trachinoid}}</ref> This name is in turn is from the Ancient Greek word τρᾱχύς (''trachýs'', meaning "rough").<ref>Entry ‘Trachinidae’. Webster’s ''Third Unabridged Dictionary''</ref>
==Species list== The eight extant species of the genus are: *''Trachinus araneus'' <small>Cuvier, 1829</small> (spotted weever) *''Trachinus armatus'' <small>Bleeker, 1861</small> (Guinean weever) *''Trachinus collignoni'' <small>Roux, 1957</small> (sailfin weever) *''Trachinus cornutus'' <small>Guichenot, 1848</small> *''Trachinus draco'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> (greater weever) *''Trachinus lineolatus'' <small>Fischer, 1885</small> (striped weever) *''Trachinus pellegrini'' <small>Cadenat, 1937</small> (Cape Verde weever) *''Trachinus radiatus'' <small>Cuvier, 1829</small> (starry weever) Three extinct species have also been placed in this genus: *† ''Trachinus minutus'' <small>(Jonet, 1958)</small> (Oligocene, Carpathian Mountains) *† ''Trachinus dracunculus'' <small>Heckel, 1849</small> (Miocene, Piemonte, Italy) *† ''Trachinus maroccanus'' <small>Than-Marchese et al</small><small>., 2023</small> (Pliocene, Morocco)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Sources== * [http://www.fishbase.org/identification/SpeciesList.php?genus=Trachinus ''Trachinus'' at FishBase]
==External links== * {{Commons category-inline|Trachinus|''Trachinus''}}
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Category:Trachinus Category:Trachinidae Category:Extant Oligocene first appearances Category:Marine fish genera Category:Animal taxa named by Carl Linnaeus