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Marbled spinefoot

Siganus rivulatus
Ko fii innde ndee: The genus name Siganus comes from the Arabic sijan, meaning rabbitfish. The species name rivulatus means irregularly marked with colour, for the yellow streaks on its sides.1
No muusi tunWota a meemNo muusi, kono gaañataa ma no feewi.
Liƴƴi tooke Gaaɗe tookeNo ñaama: Leɗɗe
Musiiba e yimɓe: MuusɗoNo waawi muusugol sanne, kono ko ɓadii kala tuma ɗum wonataa musiiba mawɗo.

The marbled spinefoot is a shoaling fish that mostly eats algae. It lives in shallow warm seas in the Red Sea and western Indian Ocean, and it has spread into the Mediterranean. Its spines carry venom, so it is one to leave alone.1

No hoɗi nder
Western Indian Ocean and Red Sea; now very common across the eastern Mediterranean1
Geeci Enndo, Geeci Boɗeewi, Geeci Mediteraane, Geeci Arabi e Gulf Persik
Hello arano
Shallow water, usually less than 15 m deep, over rock, sand or sea grass covered in algae. It prefers sheltered areas and sometimes enters estuaries. It lives in schools of 50 to several hundred fish.1
Juutugol
10 cm haa 40 cm (3,9 in haa 1,3 ft)1
Yaawugol ɓurngol toowugol
wona 5,2 km/h (3,2 mph)
Yoowugol, miijo tun
Ko honɗun ngal ñaamata?
Adults mainly graze on algae, including Polysiphonia and Sphacelaria species. In spring and early summer in the northern Red Sea they have also been seen eating comb jellies and moon jellyfish. Young fish feed on tiny diatoms and then on small crustaceans called copepods.1
Goonga!Natal Marbled spinefoot
Marbled spinefoot. Natal: Diego Delso. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Hono anndirtee ngal

  • Grey-green to brown upper body1
  • Yellow or silvery white underside1
  • Dark spots and yellow wavy lines along the sides1
  • Flattened body, with barbed, venomous spines in the fins1
  • Usually 10 to 20 cm long1

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)?

The spines in the fins have venom glands at their base. The venom is a protein that is damaged by heat. The sting is very painful.1

Hono musiiba mum heewiri e yimɓe?

Musiiba e yimɓe: MuusɗoNo waawi muusugol sanne, kono ko ɓadii kala tuma ɗum wonataa musiiba mawɗo.

The spines can inflict a painful sting if the fish is handled incorrectly. No deaths from its venom have been recorded. Separately, poisoning has been recorded in Israel after people ate its flesh, linked to fish caught in polluted water.1

Ko honɗun ngal waɗata si ngal hulii?

Its spines are barbed and venomous, and they can injure anyone who handles the fish carelessly.1

Si gaaɗe mum tuƴii ma

  • The affected area should be treated with as high a temperature as possible, within 43 to 46 °C, because heat damages the venom. The person should also be checked for possible infection.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?

Marbled spinefoot juuti wona 40 cm (1,3 ft)Banaana wona 18 cm (7,1 in)Ullundu suudu wona 50 cm (1,6 ft)
juuti no banaanaaji 2 jokkondirɗijuuti no kaaɗe mahirɗe 12 e diisa gootono waawi yoowugol juutde pisin mawɗo (50 m) nder segonde 35

Hono Marbled spinefoot 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

Some people have reported hallucinations after eating it.1

2

Eating its flesh has caused poisoning, and the toxins involved are similar to ciguatoxin.1

3

Its spines carry venom from glands at their base, so the fish can sting when it is handled.1

4

Adults can eat jellyfish, including comb jellies and moon jellyfish, in parts of the northern Red Sea.1

5

It reached the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal, first recorded off Palestine in 1927.1

6

It can be bred in captivity and is being studied as a farmed fish because it eats plant-based feed.1

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Siganus rivulatus
Fedde
Liƴƴi tooke
Ɓesngu
Siganidae2
Ordre
Acanthuriformes
Leyɗe mawɗe
Geeci Enndo, Geeci Boɗeewi, Geeci Mediteraane, Geeci Arabi e Gulf Persik, Oseyanuuji
Ɓiɓɓe tokosɓe
The fish lays eggs, which are fertilised outside the body. The eggs are 0.5 to 0.6 mm across, and the adults give them no care.1
Musiiba e yimɓe
2 / 5: Muusɗo3

Ɗo humpitooji ɗin iwri

  1. Siganus rivulatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Siganus rivulatus (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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