Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Perciformes > Suborder Percoidei > Family Trachinidae > Genus Echiichthys

Echiichthys vipera (Cuvier, 1829)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Echiichthys*	Bleeker, 1861	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Trachinus vipera*	Cuvier, 1829	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: dreqi i vogël i detit; ranxha viper sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Danish: lille fjæsing sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: kleine pieterman sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: lesser weever sources: Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp.

Finnish: pikkulouhikala sources: (1998). Multilingual illustrated dictionary of aquatic animals and plants. 2nd edition. Fishing News Books/Office for Official Publications of the European Communities: Luxembourg. ISBN 92-828-1886-1. 548, ill. pp.

French: petite vive; toquet sources: Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp.

German: Kleines Petermännchen; Petermännchen; Viperqueise; Zwergpetermännchen sources: (1998). Multilingual illustrated dictionary of aquatic animals and plants. 2nd edition. Fishing News Books/Office for Official Publications of the European Communities: Luxembourg. ISBN 92-828-1886-1. 548, ill. pp.;de Groot, B.; Dijkema, R.; Redant, F. (1988). Fish, shells and shellfish: an illustrated guide with descriptions, supply times and recipes of more than 400 sea and freshwater species [Vis, schelp- en schaaldieren: een geïllustreerde gids met de beschrijvingen, aanvoertijden en bereidingswijzen van ruim 400 soorten uit zee en zoet water]. Spectrum: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-274-20203. 180 pp.;Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp.

Greek: δράκαινα; Μικροδράκαινα sources: (1998). Multilingual illustrated dictionary of aquatic animals and plants. 2nd edition. Fishing News Books/Office for Official Publications of the European Communities: Luxembourg. ISBN 92-828-1886-1. 548, ill. pp.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: דרקון צפעי sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: tracina ragno; tracina vipera sources: (1998). Multilingual illustrated dictionary of aquatic animals and plants. 2nd edition. Fishing News Books/Office for Official Publications of the European Communities: Luxembourg. ISBN 92-828-1886-1. 548, ill. pp.;de Groot, B.; Dijkema, R.; Redant, F. (1988). Fish, shells and shellfish: an illustrated guide with descriptions, supply times and recipes of more than 400 sea and freshwater species [Vis, schelp- en schaaldieren: een geïllustreerde gids met de beschrijvingen, aanvoertijden en bereidingswijzen van ruim 400 soorten uit zee en zoet water]. Spectrum: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-274-20203. 180 pp.

Norwegian Bokmål: dvergfjesing sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: dvergfjesing sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Portuguese: peixe-aranha menor sources: (1998). Multilingual illustrated dictionary of aquatic animals and plants. 2nd edition. Fishing News Books/Office for Official Publications of the European Communities: Luxembourg. ISBN 92-828-1886-1. 548, ill. pp.

Spanish, Castillian: aranya; escorpión sources: de Groot, B.; Dijkema, R.; Redant, F. (1988). Fish, shells and shellfish: an illustrated guide with descriptions, supply times and recipes of more than 400 sea and freshwater species [Vis, schelp- en schaaldieren: een geïllustreerde gids met de beschrijvingen, aanvoertijden en bereidingswijzen van ruim 400 soorten uit zee en zoet water]. Spectrum: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-274-20203. 180 pp.;(1998). Multilingual illustrated dictionary of aquatic animals and plants. 2nd edition. Fishing News Books/Office for Official Publications of the European Communities: Luxembourg. ISBN 92-828-1886-1. 548, ill. pp.

Swedish: mindre fjärsing sources: (1998). Multilingual illustrated dictionary of aquatic animals and plants. 2nd edition. Fishing News Books/Office for Official Publications of the European Communities: Luxembourg. ISBN 92-828-1886-1. 548, ill. pp.

Turkish: varsam sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: môr-wiber fach

Literature

basis of record	Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase
FishBase images (Echiichthys vipera, Azores Is., by Wirtz, P.)
Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Echiichthys vipera (Cuvier, 1829). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:150630