Silver-cheeked toadfish
The silver-cheeked toadfish is a puffer fish with a silver stripe along each side. It lives in warm seas, and it is extremely poisonous to eat. It matters because it has spread into the Mediterranean, where people may catch it by mistake.1

Sɛdeɛ wobɛhunu no
- Grey or brown back with darker spots1
- White belly1
- A characteristic silver band along each side1
- Long, slim body, more elongated than the oceanic pufferfish1
- Symmetrical tail fin1
Wɔtaa fa no sɛ: It is very similar to the oceanic pufferfish. The silver-cheeked toadfish is more elongated and has a symmetrical tail fin.1
Awuduro ahoɔden
Ɛyɛ asiane bere a biribi adi no nko ara.
Ne ho awuduro yɛ dɛn?
It is not venomous. Its poison is tetrodotoxin, which is found mainly in the ovaries, and to a lesser extent in the skin, muscles and liver. The toxin causes paralysis of involuntary muscles, the muscles the body controls without thinking. This can stop breathing or cause heart failure.1
Ne asiane ma nnipa te sɛn?
Asiane ma nnipa: ƐkumMmoa a asiane wɔ wɔn ho sen biara wɔ wiase no mu baako.It is extremely poisonous if eaten. Fatal poisonings have been reported in Egypt, Israel and Turkey.1
Sɛ obi de ne nsa ka anaa ɔdi a
- Sɛ obi adi bi anaa ne ho anyɛ no dɛ bere a wadi akyi a: frɛ wo ahohiahia nɔma anaa awuduro ho mmoa adwumayɛbea (poison centre) ntɛm ara.
Di kan frɛ wo ahohiahia nɔma (112, 000, 911). Yei yɛ mmoa a ɛdi kan ho akwankyerɛ, ɛnyɛ dɔkota afotuo. Mmoa a ɛdi kan ho nsɛm titiriw
Hwɛ wo ho so
- Mfa wo nsa nka wiram aboa biara, nkyere no na mfa no nni agorɔ, sɛ ɔyɛ ketewa mpo, na sɛ ɛte sɛ ɔrededa anaa wawu mpo a.
- Ma no kwan. Sɛ wohyia baako a, ma wo bo nnwo, san w'akyi brɛoo na ma ɔnkɔ ne kwan.
- Sɛ wode wo nsa kaa no anaa wodii a: mfa wo nsa ntwitwi w'ani anaa w'ano, hohoro wo nsa na hwehwɛ dɔkota mmoa.
Ɛnhwehwɛ wo sɛ ɛbɛpira wo. Ne ho awuduro no wɔ hɔ sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a biribiara renni no. Nsɛm pii fa ahobammɔ ho
Wiase mu baabi bɛn?
Ne kɛseɛ te sɛn?
Ne tenten te sɛn?
ne tenten te sɛ kwadu 2 a wɔde to ntoatoasoɔ mu
ne tenten te sɛ agodeɛ blɔk 12 a wɔde to ntoatoasoɔ mu
ɛbɛtumi aguare aguare tare kɛseɛ tenten (50 m) wɔ anibu 45 muSilver-cheeked toadfish kɛseɛ te sɛn sɛ wode toto WO ho a?
Akontabuo kɛkɛ wɔ wo browser mu. Wɔnkora hwee, na wɔmfa hwee nkɔ baabiara.
Ne ntɛm te sɛn?
Nsɛm
It is poisonous because it eats bacteria that carry tetrodotoxin, and the toxin builds up in its body.1
Its ovaries hold the most tetrodotoxin, more than its skin, muscles or liver.1
It is a Lessepsian migrant, a species that has moved into the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal.1
It is spreading west through the Mediterranean, and it has been recorded as far west as the Strait of Gibraltar.1
The toxin protects it from voracious predators.1
It can grow to 40 cm long.1
Ma bɔre ho animdefoɔ
- Nyansahu din
- Lagocephalus sceleratus
- Kuo
- Mmoa afoforɔ a wɔn ho yɛ awuduro
- Abusua
- Tetraodontidae2
- Nhyehyɛeɛ (Order)
- Tetraodontiformes
- Asaase akɛseɛ
- Pacific Po, India Po, Po Kɔkɔɔ, Mediterranean Po, Timor ne Arafura Po, Bengal Ɛpo Ano, Po akɛseɛ
- Mmofra nketewa
- Eggs and larvae are found in the open water (pelagic zone).1
- Asiane ma nnipa
- 5 / 5: Ɛkum3
Baabi a nsɛm no fi
- Lagocephalus sceleratus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Lagocephalus sceleratus (iNaturalist): din ne nkyekyɛmu.
- Venom Wiki: asiane gyinabea, kɛseɛ a ɛtaa yɛ ne ntɛm susuo no yɛ yɛn ankasa deɛ. Hwɛ sɛdeɛ yɛbu no: Sɛdeɛ yɛkyerɛ asiane gyinabea.
Nsɛm biara a ɛwɔ kratafa yi so wɔ nɔma a ɛkyerɛ ne fibea. Sɛ yɛfom biribi a, kafra, yɛyɛ mmoa ho akɔnnɔfoɔ, ɛnyɛ nyansahu nwoma. Ka kyerɛ yɛn wɔ [email protected] na yɛbɛsiesie.
Ɛyɛ awuduro sɛ wodi a