Starry weever

Radiation Petermännchen ( Trachinus radiatus )

The radiation - Petermännchen ( Trachinus radiatus, Syn Echiichthys radiatus ) is a species of the family of Peter males ( Trachinidae ). He is considered tastier food fish.

Occurrence

The fish is found in the Mediterranean and along the African Atlantic coast from Gibraltar to the Gulf of Guinea in depths up to 150 meters. He is a predator, the particular residing on sandy soil and also digs into this.

Features

The fish are 40 to 50 centimeters long. They have an elongated, laterally flattened body. The head is large, the eyes are high, the mouth is directed upwards. The first dorsal fin is short and is supported by six hard jets, the second is very long. The first dorsal fin is with poison spines .. Radiation -Peter males are gray to yellowish brown in color and have on the top and on the sides of numerous darker spots. The underside is bright

Behavior when intoxicated

The sting is very painful, furthermore occur swelling, redness, blistering and numbness. The effects can last for days, takes a number of weeks or even months. As a first step applies the cleaning and removal of residues sting from the wound. Symptomatic treatment are analgesics and antihistamines applicable. In southern France, the method was further developed by Luc de Haro, reduce the toxins with a temperature shock. After his proposal, one should heat the wound with a hair dryer for two minutes and then cool with ice.

Swell

• Matthias Berg Bauer, Bernd Humberg: What lives in the Mediterranean, 1999, Franckh - Kosmos Verlag, ISBN 3-440-07733-0?