The only poisonous fish regularly found around UK shores is the weever fish. |
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Pectoral fin on upper side has black tip thought to mimic dorsal fin of venomous weever fish to deter predators. |
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If a weever fish or stingray stings you, you will experience intense pain lasting for about two hours. |
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Until I dived off the beach at Criccieth in north Wales, I had never seen more than a fleeting glimpse of a lesser weever, the most common venomous fish around Britain. |
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Winger Akihito Yamada was so excited he jumped into the sea at Brighton, got stung by a weever fish and missed the Scotland game. |
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The innocent-looking but dangerous weever fish left its mark on several bathers in Pembrokeshire last week. |
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The innocent-looking but dangerous weever fish has left its mark on several bathers on the West Wales coast in the past week. |
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He added another mackerel and two weevers for 103cm, to finish ahead of Frankie Harrison, who caught a whiting, a flounder and a weever for 68cm. |
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But one small but mighty fish to look out for is the lesser weever fish. |
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This newspaper has learned that the poisonous sand coloured Weever fish has arrived in local waters as a result of global warming. |
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Both the Greater Weever and the Lesser Weever are capable of inflicting a sharp and painful sting from the spiny rays of the first dorsal fin. |
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Unfortunately it turned out to be the Lesser Weever, Britain's most venomous species, as he found out to his cost. |
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Lewis Weever and Leon Brennan crossed as the former Super League outfit regained their rhythm. |
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Weever fishare small fish that are sandy coloured and lie in the sand. |
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