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

No anndirto nde
- 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
Doole tooke
Gi'e ceeɓɗe ina njogii tooke. Yaabude nde walla nanngude nde ina muusa.
Hol ko tooke mum (ŋatol walla fiɗol) waɗata?
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
Hol no nde woni bone e yimɓe?
Bone e yimɓe: Ina muusaIna waawi muusude sanne, kono ɓadii abada wonaa bone mawɗo.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
Hol ko nde waɗata si nde hulii?
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
Si gi'e mum naatii e ɓanndu maa
- Naatnu barme e ndiyam wulɗam, wulɗam no neɗɗo oo waawi muñde tawa sumataa (ƴeewu ɗam e junngo maa), hakkunde minti 30 e minti 90. Heɓu ballal doktaa, haa teeŋti e stonefish e stingray.
Sahaa fof, noddu lamba ballal yaawngal (112, 000, 911) ko adii. Ɗum ko ballal arano kuuɓal, wonaa wasiyya doktaa. Aslu ballal arano
Reen hoore maa
- Taa memu, taa nanngu, taa aaɓnu dabbaare ladde abada, hay pamaro, hay si ina wayi no ɗaanii walla maayii.
- Accu nde nokku. Si a fottii e gooto, deeƴu, ruttu caggal seeɗa seeɗa, accu nde yaha laawol mum.
- Si gi'e mum naatii e ɓanndu maa: deeƴu, taa dillu, noddu lamba ballal yaawngal (112, 000, 911) walla yah asibiti law. Siftor no nde wayri, foto ina walla.
Nde ɗaɓɓaaki ma. Nde huutora tooke mum ngam nanngude ñaamdu walla reende hoore mum, nde ɓuri yiɗde suuɗaade. Ɓeydu anndude no reentorto
Hol to e aduna?
Hol no nde mawni?
Hol no nde juuti?
juuti no ullundi galle 2, hinere haa laaci
juuti no ayaba 5 jokkondiraaɗi
ina waawi lumbaade njuuteendi pisin mawɗo (50 m) nder sakan 12Hol no Spotted ratfish mawni, fottindaade e AAN?
Hiisa tan nder browser maa. Alaa ko mooftetee walla ko neletee.
Hol no nde yaawi?
Anndal
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
Ngam ganduɓe tooke
- Innde ganndal
- Hydrolagus colliei
- Fedde
- Liddi tooke
- Besngu
- Chimaeridae2
- Tolno
- Chimaeriformes
- Nahiyaaji
- Baharu Pasifik, Baharu Kaliforniya, Baharuuji mawɗi
- Ɓikkoy
- 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
- Bone e yimɓe
- 2 / 5: Ina muusa3
Ɗo anndal iwi
- Spotted ratfish (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Hydrolagus colliei (iNaturalist): inɗe e tolnugol.
- Venom Wiki: darja bone, mawnude woowaaɗo e miijo yaawre ko amen. Ndaar no min hiisirta ɗum: No min betiri bone.
Kala anndal e ngoo hello ina jogii limre hollirnde iwdi mum. Si min juumii, accu min, min yiɗɓe dabbaaji, wonaa jaridaa ganndal. Wiy min e [email protected] min feewnitay.
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