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Striped eel catfish

Plotosus lineatus
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 striped eel catfish, Plotosus lineatus, is a fish that lives mainly on coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific. It is now also found in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. It has venomous spines on its fins that it uses to sting when threatened.1

No hoɗi nder
Indo-Pacific, including Singapore; also the eastern Mediterranean, and sometimes freshwater in East Africa and Madagascar1
Geeci Enndo, Geeci Pasifik, Geeci Boɗeewi, Geeci Korayl, Geeci Andaman, Geeci Filipiin, Geeci Arabi e Gulf Persik, Geeci Timor e Arafura, Gulf Bengal
Hello arano
It is found mainly in coral reefs, and also in estuaries, tide pools and open coasts. Juveniles form dense, ball-shaped schools, while adults hide under ledges during the day.1
Juutugol
32 cm (1 ft)1
Yaawugol ɓurngol toowugol
wona 5,5 km/h (3,4 mph)
Yoowugol, miijo tun
Ko honɗun ngal ñaamata?
Adults constantly search and stir the sand for crustaceans, molluscs, worms and sometimes fish.1
Goonga!Natal Striped eel catfish
Striped eel catfish. Natal: Diego Delso. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Hono anndirtee ngal

  • Brown body with cream-coloured or white lengthwise bands1
  • Second dorsal, tail and anal fins are joined together, as in an eel1
  • Four pairs of barbels (whisker-like feelers) around the mouth1
  • A highly venomous spine on the first dorsal fin and on each pectoral fin1
  • Adults can reach 32 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)?

The venom is made of crinotoxins and plototoxins. It mainly destroys red blood cells, and also causes swelling, pain and muscle spasms. Symptoms range from mild to severe and include extreme pain, dizziness, redness, swelling, tissue death, numbness, vomiting, breathing difficulty, shock and sepsis.1

Hono musiiba mum heewiri e yimɓe?

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

The sting is dangerous to people, and symptoms can be mild or severe. Many stings happen to fishers handling fish caught in their nets. No deaths from stings have been recorded.1

Ko honɗun ngal waɗata si ngal hulii?

When threatened, it uses the venomous spines on its fins to sting.1

Si gaaɗe mum tuƴii ma

  • 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?

Striped eel catfish juuti wona 32 cm (1 ft)Banaana wona 18 cm (7,1 in)Ullundu suudu wona 50 cm (1,6 ft)
juuti no kaaɗe mahirɗe 10 e diisa gootono waawi yoowugol juutde pisin mawɗo (50 m) nder segonde 33

Hono Striped eel catfish 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

Its skin also has cells that release venom, not just its spines.1

2

In laboratory tests, its sting was lethal to fish, crabs and rodents.1

3

Juveniles gather in ball-shaped schools of about 100 fish.1

4

It reached the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal, and has been recorded there since 2002.1

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Since 2019 it has been on the European Union's list of Invasive Alien Species of Union concern. This means it cannot be imported, bred, transported, sold or released into the environment in the EU.1

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Plotosus lineatus
Fedde
Liƴƴi tooke
Ɓesngu
Plotosidae2
Ordre
Siluriformes
Leyɗe mawɗe
Geeci Enndo, Geeci Pasifik, Geeci Boɗeewi, Geeci Korayl, Geeci Andaman, Geeci Filipiin, Geeci Arabi e Gulf Persik, Geeci Timor e Arafura, Gulf Bengal, Oseyanuuji
Ɓiɓɓe tokosɓe
It lays eggs that sink to the seabed. When the eggs hatch, the young fish become part of the zooplankton (tiny drifting animals).1
Musiiba e yimɓe
4 / 5: Musiiba sanne3

Ɗo humpitooji ɗin iwri

  1. Plotosus lineatus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Plotosus lineatus (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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