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Estuarine stonefish

Synanceia horrida
Ko fii innde ndee: The specific name horrida means "dreadful" or "frightful" and refers to its appearance rather than its venomous spines.1
No waawi warugolWota a meemNo waawi warugol ma si a safraaka. Si gaaɗe mum tuƴii ma, heɓu ballal law.
Liƴƴi tooke Gaaɗe tookeNo ñaama: Teewu
Musiiba e yimɓe: Musiiba sanneNo waawi warugol neɗɗo mo safraaka.

The estuarine stonefish is a fish that looks like a stone lying on the seabed. It lives in shallow reefs and estuaries across the Indo-Pacific, including northern Australia. It is considered one of the most dangerous venomous fish in the world, so it is important to know what it looks like.1

No hoɗi nder
Indo-Pacific region, from eastern India to Papua New Guinea, north to southern Japan and south to Australia1
Geeci Enndo, Geeci Pasifik, Geeci Korayl, Geeci Andaman, Geeci Timor e Arafura, Gulf Bengal
Hello arano
Found on sheltered inshore reefs and in estuaries, usually in the shallowest water among coral rubble and rocks on reef flats, and in seagrass beds. It can survive out of the water for up to 24 hours.1
Juutugol
60 cm (2 ft)1
Yaawugol ɓurngol toowugol
wona 2 km/h (1,2 mph)
Yoowugol, miijo tun
Ko honɗun ngal ñaamata?
It is a nocturnal ambush predator that eats smaller fishes, crustaceans and cephalopods. It waits until prey swims close enough, then sucks it in through its large mouth.1
Goonga!Natal Estuarine stonefish
Estuarine stonefish. Natal: Dan Schofield. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Hono anndirtee ngal

  • Drab brownish-grey, reddish or greenish-brown colour1
  • Skin has no scales and is covered in warts, often with filamentous algae growing on it1
  • Head is flattened, with small eyes set high and pointing upwards, and a deep pit behind and under each eye1
  • Large, almost vertical mouth with fringing cirri on the lips1
  • Camouflaged to look like a stone resting on the bottom; it has no bright warning colours1
  • Grows to a maximum of 60 cm1

Doole tooke ŋatgol

Gaaɗe tooke

Gaaɗe ceeɓɗe no njogii tooke. Yaabugol e mum walla nanngugol ɗum no muusi.

Ko honɗun tooke mum waɗata (ŋatgol walla jukkugol)?

Each fin spine has two venom-producing glands. The venom affects the cardiovascular and neuromuscular systems. The sting is extremely painful and has been known to be lethal.1

Hono musiiba mum heewiri e yimɓe?

Musiiba e yimɓe: Musiiba sanneNo waawi warugol neɗɗo mo safraaka.

It is considered one of the most dangerous venomous fishes. Stings are extremely painful and have been known to be fatal. Since European settlement, there have been no recorded deaths in Australia from stonefish venom, but deaths have been recorded elsewhere in its range.1

Kabaaru moƴƴo: doktoroɓe no njogii lekki (sérum antivenimeux) walla safaara ngam ɗum.1

Ko honɗun ngal waɗata si ngal hulii?

When disturbed, it erects its venomous spines, which inject venom if the fish is stepped on.1

Si gaaɗe mum tuƴii ma

  • Antivenom can be given after envenomation. Immersing the sting wound in hot water can be used to denature the venom.1
  • Waɗ gaañande nden nder ndiyam guleeɗam, guleeɗam no neɗɗo on waawi muñugol tawa sumaani (ƴeewto e jungo maa hoore), miniti 30 haa 90. Heɓu ballal doktoro, ɓuri noon fii liƴƴi kaaƴe e raayi.

Adii fow noddu nimero ballal (112, 000, 911). Ɗum ko anndinal ballal adiingal, wanaa saaraangal doktoro. Ko adii nder ballal adiingal

Reen hoore maa

  • Wota a meem, wota a nanngu, wota a jalnu kullal ladde haa abada, hay si ko tokooso, hay si no yi'ee no ɗaanii walla maayii.
  • Accu ngal nokku. Si a fotti e ngal, deeƴu, ruttu ɓaawo seeɗa seeɗa, accu ngal yaha laawol mum.
  • Si gaaɗe mum tuƴii ma: deeƴu, wota a dillu, noddu nimero ballal (112, 000, 911) walla yahu lopitaan law. Jogo e hakkille no ngal nanndi, natal no walla.

Ngal faalaaka gaañugol ma. Ngal no huutora tooke mum ngam nanngugol ñaamdu walla reenugol hoore mum, ngal ɓuri yiɗugol suuɗaade. Ko ɓeydi fii reenugol hoore maa

Hono mawniri?

Hono juutiri?

Estuarine stonefish juuti wona 60 cm (2 ft)Ullundu suudu wona 50 cm (1,6 ft)Rawaandu wona 1 m (3,3 ft)
juuti no banaanaaji 3 jokkondirɗino waawi yoowugol juutde pisin mawɗo (50 m) nder segonde 90

Hono Estuarine stonefish mawniri, si fooɗondiraama e AN?

Ko limoore tun nder navigateur maa. Alaa ko danndetee walla ko neldetee ka nokku woo.

Hono yaawiri?

moƴƴi anndugol

Humpito

1

It can tolerate being out of the water for up to 24 hours.1

2

It scoops out a shallow hollow in the seabed with its large pectoral fins and curls its tail around its body to hide.1

3

It is camouflaged to look like a stone, unlike many venomous animals that use bright warning colours.1

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Females are larger than males.1

Bonnoowo fenaandeeji

Fenaande: The species name horrida refers to its dangerous spines.

Goonga: The name means "dreadful" or "frightful" and alludes to its appearance, not its venomous spines.1

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Synanceia horrida
Fedde
Liƴƴi tooke
Ɓesngu
Synanceiidae2
Ordre
Perciformes
Leyɗe mawɗe
Geeci Enndo, Geeci Pasifik, Geeci Korayl, Geeci Andaman, Geeci Timor e Arafura, Gulf Bengal, Oseyanuuji
Musiiba e yimɓe
4 / 5: Musiiba sanne3

Ɗo humpitooji ɗin iwri

  1. Synanceia horrida (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Synanceia horrida (iNaturalist): inɗe e ŋoordingol (classification).
  3. Venom Wiki: tolno musiiba, mawnugol aadaajo e miijo yaawugol ko amen. Ndaar no min ƴeewtirta ɗum: Hono min tolnirta musiiba.

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