Description
The greater weever has a tapered, laterally flattened body with a distinctive thick head. The eyes are on the top of the head and the mouth is directed strongly upwards. This mouth and eyes are still free, when the rest of its body is completely buried. Their gills have a highly poisonous spine and also the first dorsal fin has 2-8 poisonous spines. In the spring and summer these animals draw to the shallower coastal waters and can be a threat to bathers that can step on the buried animals.

Size
Can grow up to 45cm.

Colour
Body yellowish brown with slashes on the sides, the dorsal side is a bit darker.

Habitat
These animals live on sandy and muddy bottoms where they are, partly buried, waiting for prey such as small fish or crustacean. From the shallows to about 100 meters.

Distribution
Eastern Atlantic, from Norway to Morocco and the entire Mediterranean.