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Trachinus cornutus

Trachinus cornutus is a species of weeverfish. Unlike all other extent weevers, which are found in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea, T. cornutus is widespread in the southeastern Pacific along the coasts of Chile, it is a marine subtropical demersal fish.

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Trachinus cornutus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Perciformes
Family: Trachinidae
Genus: Trachinus
Species:
T. cornutus
Binomial name
Trachinus cornutus
Guichenot, 1848

Trachinus cornutus is a species of weeverfish. Unlike all other extent weevers, which are found in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea, T. cornutus is widespread in the southeastern Pacific along the coasts of Chile, it is a marine subtropical demersal fish.1

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