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Black scorpionfish

Scorpaena porcus
Ko faati e innde ndee: The specific name porcus means "pig", but the reason is not known. It may come from an old belief that the fish ate weed, which was later mistranslated as "mud".1
Ina muusi tanWota a meemIna muusi, kono ɓetataa ma no feewi.
Liƴƴi jogiiɗi tooke Gaaɗe tookeIna ñaama: Teew
Bone e yimɓe: MuusɗoIna waawi muusde sanne, kono hertaani wonde huunde mawnde.

The black scorpionfish is a venomous fish that lives in shallow, warm-temperate seas. It rests on the seabed among seaweed and rocks, where its brown colours help it blend in. It is found in the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.1

Ina wuuri e
Eastern Atlantic from the British Isles to the Azores and Canary Islands, coasts of Morocco, Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea1
Geec Atlantik, Geec Mediteraane
Hello arano
It is a bottom-dwelling fish, usually found resting among seaweed and on rocks. It lives at depths down to about 800 m (2,625 ft). It is usually solitary and not territorial.1
Juuteendi
37 cm (1,2 ft)1
Yaawde ɓurnde
hedde 2 km/h (1,2 mph)
Yoowde, miijo
Hol ko ngal ñaamata?
It is an ambush predator. It waits motionless for prey to pass, then leaps forward and sucks it in with its large mouth. It eats small fishes such as blennies and gobies, crustaceans and other bottom-dwelling invertebrates.1
Goonga!Natal Black scorpionfish
Black scorpionfish. Natal: Julien Renoult. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

No anndirte ngal

  • Generally brownish in colour1
  • A dark spot sits between the eighth and ninth dorsal spines on the back1
  • Fins are mottled with brown, and the tail fin has three vertical brown stripes1
  • Broad head with a short snout, an upward-angled mouth and small tentacles and flaps of skin above and around the eye1

Doole tooke

Gaaɗe tooke

Gaaɗe ceeɓɗe ina ndondii tooke. Yaabde e mum walla nanngude ɗum ina muusi.

Hol no bone mum heewiri e yimɓe?

Bone e yimɓe: MuusɗoIna waawi muusde sanne, kono hertaani wonde huunde mawnde.

Hol ko ngal waɗata so ina hula?

It has poisonous spines on its dorsal, anal and ventral fins and on its operculum (gill cover).1

So gaaɗe mum tuƴii ma

  • Naatnu gaañande nden e ndiyam guleeɗam, guleeɗam no neɗɗo oo waawi muññude tawa sumaani (ƴeewr ɗum e jungo maa), hojomaaji 30 haa 90. Heɓ ballal cafrol, ɓuri noon ngam liƴƴi kaaƴe e liƴƴi raay.

Adii fof noddu nimero urgence (112, 000, 911). Ɗum ko anndinal ballal adiingal, wonaa saaraangal doktoor. Ko adii e ballal adiingal

Reen hoore maa

  • Wota a meem, wota a nanngu, wota a ñiŋŋu kullal ladde haa abada, hay so ngal ina famɗi, hay so ina nanndi e ɗaaniingal walla maayngal.
  • Accu ngal nokku. So a fotti e ngal, deƴƴu, ruttu ɓaawo seeɗa seeɗa, accu ngal yaha laawol mum.
  • So gaaɗe mum tuƴii ma: deƴƴu, wota a dillu, noddu nimero urgence (112, 000, 911) walla yahu opitaal law. Jogo e hakkille no ngal nanndi, natal ina walla.

Ngal faalaaka gaañde ma. Ina huutoroo tooke mum ngam nanngude ñaamdu walla reenaade, ina ɓuri yiɗde suuɗaade. Ɓeydu anndude no reentortoo

Hol no mawniri?

Hol no juutiri?

Black scorpionfish hedde 37 cm juutde (1,2 ft)Banaana hedde 18 cm (7,1 in)Ullundu galle hedde 50 cm (1,6 ft)
juutde no kaaɗe mahirɗe 12 ɗaɓɓondiraaɗeina waawi yoowde juuteendi pisin mawɗo (50 m) e segonde 90

Hol no Black scorpionfish mawniri, so fooɗondiraama e AN?

Limgal tan e navigatoor maa. Alaa ko danndetee walla ko neldetee.

Hol no yaawiri?

moƴƴi anndude

Humpito

1

Like other members of its subfamily, it hunts by ambush, leaping forward in an instant to catch prey.1

2

It is one of the fish used as a host by the marine leech Pontobdella muricata.1

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Scorpaena porcus
Fedde
Liƴƴi jogiiɗi tooke
Ɓesngu
Scorpaenidae2
Ordre
Perciformes
Leyɗe mawɗe
Geec Atlantik, Geec Mediteraane, Geece mawɗe
Ɓiɓɓe tokooso
It lays eggs, enclosed in a transparent, mucous mass, usually in July and August. The number of eggs is not known.1
Bone e yimɓe
2 / 5: Muusɗo3

Ɗo humpito iwri

  1. Black scorpionfish (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Scorpaena porcus (iNaturalist): inɗe e ceergal.
  3. Venom Wiki: tolno bone, mawnude heewnde e miijo yaawde ko amen. Yiy no men keɓirta ɗum: No men tolnirta bone.

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