Echiichthys vipera Lesser weever

Echiichthys vipera is commonly referred to as Lesser weever. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 2000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic.

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Scientific:: Echiichthys vipera
German:: Kleines Petermännchen, Viperqueise
English:: Lesser Weever

Category:: Weevers

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Trachinidae (Family) > Echiichthys (Genus) > vipera (Species)
Initial determination:: (Cuvier, ), 1829

Occurrence:: Straße von Gibraltar, Tunesien, the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, Albania, Algeria, Azores, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Danmark, Egypt, European Coasts, France, Germany, Greece, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Lybia, Madeira, Malta, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Northern Africa, Portugal, Scandinavia, Slovenia, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Isle of Man, the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey
Sea depth:: 1 - 10 Meter
Size:: 3.94" - 5.91" (10cm - 15cm)
Temperature:: 42.8 °F - 73.4 °F (6°C - 23°C)
Food:: Cyclops, Fish larvae, Invertebrates, Mysis, Predatory, Schrimps
Tank:: 439.96 gal (~ 2000L)
Difficulty:: Only for advanced aquarists
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Echiichthys vipera
Kleines Petermännchen, Viperqueise

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2012-09-08 23:04:16
Last edit:: 2021-06-30 19:36:56

Toxicity

Echiichthys vipera is (very) poisonous and the poison can kill you under circumstances!!!
If you want to keep Echiichthys vipera, inform yourself about the poison and its effects before buying. Keep a note with the telephone number of the poison emergency call and all necessary information about the animal next to your aquarium so that you can be helped quickly in an emergency.
The telephone numbers of the poison emergency call can be found here:
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Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

This message appears for poisonous, very poisonous and also animals whose poison can kill you immediately. Every human reacts differently to poisons. Please therefore weigh the risk for yourself AND your environment very carefully, and never act lightly!

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(Cuvier, 1829)

Distribbution:
Eastern Atlantic: North Sea to the Mediterranean, Morocco and Madeira.
Reported from the Canary Islands.

Biology
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.
There are venom glands on the first dorsal fin, which is totally black, and on the gill cover.

Short description
Body elongate. Coloration grey-brown on the back and silvery-white on the sides.
No spines in front of the eyes.

Venomous!

External links

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Giftfisch Petermännchen sticht an Küste häufiger zu (en). Abgerufen am 28.08.2020.
Informationszentrale gegen Vergiftungen Bonn (de). Abgerufen am 30.06.2021.
Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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