Greater weever
The greater weever is a small sea fish that buries itself in shallow sand along the eastern Atlantic coast and in the Mediterranean and Black Seas. Its spines carry a venom that causes intense pain, so it is one of the most dangerous fishes in the Mediterranean for swimmers.1

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- Elongated, flattened body with a mouth that points upwards and a lower jaw longer than the upper jaw1
- Large, flat head with the eyes sitting almost on top of it1
- Greenish brown colour with several dark marks on the upper side of the head1
- Yellowish brown flanks with bright blue and yellow broken stripes, plus oblique black stripes along the sides that look tiger-like1
- Venomous spines on the first dorsal fin and on each gill cover1
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The venom contains a large protein called Dracotoxin, which can be lethal in high enough doses. It damages cell membranes, and the sting is followed by a short period of tissue changes around the wound. The best-known effect is excruciating pain that begins shortly after the sting and can last from a few hours to days.1
Zein arriskutsua da pertsonentzat?
Arriskua pertsonentzat: LarriaBere arantzek zulatzen bazaituzte, joan medikuarengana. Heriotzak oso arraroak dira.The most common incident happens when a bather steps, jumps or falls onto a buried greater weever in shallow water, especially in summer. Fishermen handling fish caught in nets are also at risk. The pain can reach 10 out of 10 on the numeric rating scale, and some stings have caused pain for months, though this is rare. Reported fatal accidents exist, but these are widely believed to be due to secondary infections and sepsis rather than the toxin itself.1
Bere arantzek zulatzen bazaituzte
- Sartu zauria ur beroan, pertsonak erre gabe jasan dezakeen bezain beroan (probatu zure eskuarekin), 30 eta 90 minutu artean. Lortu mediku-laguntza, batez ere harri-arrain eta bastangen kasuan.
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- Ez ukitu, ez harrapatu eta ez zirikatu inoiz animalia basati bat, txikia izan arren, eta lo edo hilda dagoela badirudi ere.
- Utzi tartea. Bat aurkitzen baduzu, egon lasai, egin atzera poliki eta utzi bere bidetik joaten.
- Bere arantzek zulatzen bazaituzte: egon lasai, egon geldi, deitu zure larrialdi-zenbakira (112, 000, 911) edo joan ospitalera azkar. Gogoratu nolakoa zen, argazki batek laguntzen du.
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12 eraikuntza-bloke ilaran jarrita bezain luzea
igerileku handi baten luzera (50 m) igerian egin lezake 30 segundotanZein handia da Greater weever ZUREKIN alderatuta?
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Its venom glands sit in the skin, and the sting works through a groove along each spine that carries the venom into the wound.1
It is classed as one of the most venomous fishes in the Mediterranean.1
The record weight is 1.74 kg, for a specimen caught off La Gomera in the Canary Islands in 2005.1
Its diet changes with size: small mysids are the most common prey for fish under 20 cm, while cephalopods and fish make up a bigger share of the diet in larger fish.1
Mito-hauslea
Mitoa: A weever sting is often thought to be fatal because of the venom itself.
Egia: Reported fatal accidents are widely believed to be caused by secondary infections and sepsis rather than the toxin itself.1
Pozoi-adituentzat
- Izen zientifikoa
- Trachinus draco
- Taldea
- Arrain pozoitsuak
- Familia
- Trachinidae2
- Ordena
- Perciformes
- Kontinenteak
- Ozeano Atlantikoa, Mediterraneo itsasoa, Ipar itsasoa, Ozeanoak
- Kumeak
- It is egg-laying and releases its eggs into open water, where each egg is 4.8–6.8 mm across and hatches after about three months. It is not known to provide any parental care.1
- Arriskua pertsonentzat
- 3 / 5: Larria3
Datuak nondik datozen
- Greater weever (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Trachinus draco (iNaturalist): izenak eta sailkapena.
- Venom Wiki: arrisku-maila, ohiko tamaina eta abiadura-kalkulua geureak dira. Ikusi nola kalkulatzen ditugun: Nola baloratzen dugun arriskua.
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