Spotted ratfish
The spotted ratfish is a chimaera, a cartilage fish related to sharks and rays. It lives in the northeastern Pacific Ocean, and divers often see it at night in the Pacific Northwest. It gets its name from its pointed, rat-like tail.1

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- Smooth, scaleless skin that is silvery-bronze, often with gold, blue and green shine1
- Speckled white spots along the back1
- Large, triangular pectoral fins that stick straight out from the sides, like airplane wings1
- A pointed, rat-like tail that makes up almost half of its total length1
- Large emerald green eyes and a duckbill-shaped snout1
Pozoi-ahalmena
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The spine on the leading edge of its dorsal fin is grooved and connected to a venom gland at its base. The venom is mildly toxic. A sting from the spine causes a painful wound.1
Zein arriskutsua da pertsonentzat?
Arriskua pertsonentzat: MingarriaBenetan min handia eman dezake, baina ia inoiz ez da larria.It does not present a serious danger to humans, but its spines can cause painful wounds. Harbor seals have been known to die after swallowing spotted ratfish, when a spine pierced the stomach or esophagus.1
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It usually keeps a safe distance from divers and is not aggressive, but it will defend its territory with the spine on its dorsal fin if it feels invaded.1
Bere arantzek zulatzen bazaituzte
- Sartu zauria ur beroan, pertsonak erre gabe jasan dezakeen bezain beroan (probatu zure eskuarekin), 30 eta 90 minutu artean. Lortu mediku-laguntza, batez ere harri-arrain eta bastangen kasuan.
Deitu beti lehenik zure larrialdi-zenbakira (112, 000, 911). Lehen sorospenei buruzko orientabide orokorra da hau, ez mediku-aholkua. Lehen sorospenen oinarriak
Egon seguru
- Ez ukitu, ez harrapatu eta ez zirikatu inoiz animalia basati bat, txikia izan arren, eta lo edo hilda dagoela badirudi ere.
- Utzi tartea. Bat aurkitzen baduzu, egon lasai, egin atzera poliki eta utzi bere bidetik joaten.
- Bere arantzek zulatzen bazaituzte: egon lasai, egon geldi, deitu zure larrialdi-zenbakira (112, 000, 911) edo joan ospitalera azkar. Gogoratu nolakoa zen, argazki batek laguntzen du.
Ez dabil zure atzetik. Pozoia janaria harrapatzeko edo bere burua babesteko erabiltzen du, eta askoz nahiago du ezkutatu. Seguru egoteari buruz gehiago
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Zein handia da?
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2 etxeko katu muturretik buztanera jarrita bezain luzea
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igerileku handi baten luzera (50 m) igerian egin lezake 12 segundotanZein handia da Spotted ratfish ZUREKIN alderatuta?
Matematika hutsa zure nabigatzailean. Ez da ezer gordetzen, ezta inora bidaltzen ere.
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Adult males have a club-like cephalic clasper on the head, an organ not found in any other vertebrate, which they use to hold on to females during courtship.1
Its large eyes reflect light, much like the eyes of a cat.1
It swims with its large pectoral fins, and its barrel rolls and corkscrew turns have been described as aquatic flight.1
Its teeth are plate-shaped, mineralised and permanent, unlike the easily replaced teeth of sharks, and they help it grind prey.1
Its ampullary organs on the head detect electric fields, and they are homologous to the ampullae of Lorenzini found in sharks and rays.1
Its meat is not typically eaten by humans and it is not commercially caught.1
Pozoi-adituentzat
- Izen zientifikoa
- Hydrolagus colliei
- Taldea
- Arrain pozoitsuak
- Familia
- Chimaeridae2
- Ordena
- Chimaeriformes
- Kontinenteak
- Ozeano Barea, Kaliforniako golkoa, Ozeanoak
- Kumeak
- Like some sharks, it lays eggs; the female releases up to two fertilised eggs every 10–14 days in spring to autumn, and development can take up to a year.1
- Arriskua pertsonentzat
- 2 / 5: Mingarria3
Datuak nondik datozen
- Spotted ratfish (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Hydrolagus colliei (iNaturalist): izenak eta sailkapena.
- Venom Wiki: arrisku-maila, ohiko tamaina eta abiadura-kalkulua geureak dira. Ikusi nola kalkulatzen ditugun: Nola baloratzen dugun arriskua.
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