weevers

whats the difference between the greater and lesser weever?

Greater is bigger(surprise surprise!) and tends to come from deeper water. Not sure if there are any other morphological differences

The first dorsal fin on the lesser weever is completly black while the first dorsal fin on the greater weever has only the first 3 spines covered in black.

I was over in Cornwall last week (padstow) and Rick Stein (tv chef) was selling greater weaver in his shop and selling them grilled or battered in his chipper!

Yes i found a recipe for weever in a fish I.D. book in town and on saturday was talking to a man who got stung by one and caught some where i go swimming.....so i bought some beach wet shoes for the next day :lol:

thanks lads i thought it was just the size

Caght some in SW France. This one is a Greater Weever about 14 inches long!! All took mackerel. These things grow to 3lb and have really poisonous spines on their back.

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ID I love your species list for the year :lol: !

Caght some in SW France. This one is a Greater Weever about 14 inches long!! All took mackerel. These things grow to 3lb and have really poisonous spines on their back.

The spines on the gill covers also carry the poison.

just out of curiosity is their any other poisonous fish in our waters?

scorpion fish is venemous aswell - not as bad though

its it :? :? ive handled plenty and never even got spiked :?

if you stood on one you would know about it!

oh right......another small fish to look out for when minispecies bashing is the blenny. very powerful little jaws and they hurt like hell if you are unlucky enough to get bitten. not poisnous though.