Guinean weever

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| name = Guinean weever

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite journal | author1 = Carpenter, K.E. | author2 = Smith-Vaniz, W.F. | author3 = de Bruyne, G. | author4 = de Morais, L. | name-list-style = amp | year = 2015 | title = Trachinus armatus | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 2015 | page = e.T21132659A42691944 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T21132659A42691944.en | doi-access = free }}

| taxon = Trachinus armatus

| authority = Bleeker, 1861

| synonyms =

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The Guinean weever (Trachinus armatus) is a fish of the family Trachinidae, widespread in the eastern Atlantic along the coasts of Africa from Mauritania to Angola. A marine, tropical, demersal fish, it grows up to {{convert|35|cm|in}} length.[http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=5033 Trachinus armatus at FishBase]

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