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Natal California scorpionfish
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California scorpionfish

Scorpaena guttata
Ko faati e innde ndee: Its scientific name, guttata, means "spotted", after the many dark spots on its head, body and fins.1
Ina sokli doktoorWota a meemHertaani warde, kono so gaaɗe mum tuƴii ma, yahu e doktoor.
Liƴƴi jogiiɗi tooke Gaaɗe tookeIna ñaama: Teew
Bone e yimɓe: Ina tiiɗiSo gaaɗe mum tuƴii ma, yahu e doktoor. Maayde ina famɗi sanne.

The California scorpionfish is a spiny fish that lives on the ocean floor along the Pacific coast of California and Baja California. It stays still among rocks and in caves, where its spotted colours help it blend in. Its spines carry venom, so it is one to leave alone.1

Ina wuuri e
Eastern Pacific Ocean: from Santa Cruz, California, south along Baja California, and in the Gulf of California1
Geec Pasifik, Gulf Kaliforni
Hello arano
It lives on rocky bottoms just offshore or in bays, and it also uses underwater caves. It is usually found in water up to about 30 metres deep, though it can go down to 183 metres. People most often meet it when fishing, when it is pulled from the hook.1
Juuteendi
43 cm haa 47 cm (1,4 ft haa 1,5 ft)1
Yaawde ɓurnde
hedde 2 km/h (1,2 mph)
Yoowde, miijo
Hol ko ngal ñaamata?
It eats other fish, crustaceans, octopuses and squid. Juvenile crabs are its favourite prey, especially in autumn and winter.1
Goonga!Natal California scorpionfish
California scorpionfish. Natal: nmoorhatch. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

No anndirte ngal

  • Reddish brown body with many brown and black spots1
  • Especially many dark spots on the fins1
  • Spiny head1
  • Reaches up to about 43 to 47 cm long1
  • Lies on the ocean floor for most of its time, as it has no swim bladder1

Doole tooke

Gaaɗe tooke

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

Hol ko tooke ŋatgol mum waɗata?

Its spines contain venom-producing glands. The venom is cardiotoxic, meaning it affects the heart; in laboratory studies it caused changes in blood pressure and heart rhythm. A spine prick can cause severe, throbbing pain, swelling, numbness and discolouration of the finger, with pain spreading up the arm. Nausea, faintness and pale, clammy skin can also occur.1

Hol no bone mum heewiri e yimɓe?

Bone e yimɓe: Ina tiiɗiSo gaaɗe mum tuƴii ma, yahu e doktoor. Maayde ina famɗi sanne.

It has been responsible for many human injuries and has been called one of the most noxious marine animals in California waters. Fishermen are most often affected when removing the fish from a hook. The effects can feel much like a rattlesnake bite, and one victim developed pericarditis, an inflammation of the lining around the heart. In one reported case, the victim recovered in about two weeks.1

Hol ko ngal waɗata so ina hula?

When pulled from the water, it flares the spines on its fins and gill covers, which makes it difficult to handle.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?

California scorpionfish hedde 47 cm juutde (1,5 ft)Banaana hedde 18 cm (7,1 in)Ullundu galle hedde 50 cm (1,6 ft)
juutde no banaanaaji 2,5 sammondiraaɗijuutde no kaaɗe mahirɗe 15 ɗaɓɓondiraaɗeina waawi yoowde juuteendi pisin mawɗo (50 m) e segonde 90

Hol no California scorpionfish mawniri, so fooɗondiraama e AN?

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

Hol no yaawiri?

moƴƴi anndude

Humpito

1

Its venom is produced in grooves along each spine, and the spine is covered by a thin membrane that is pushed back as it enters the skin, helping to inject the venom.1

2

It has no swim bladder, which is why it spends most of its time resting on the ocean floor.1

3

Some individuals have travelled up to 200 km in mark and recapture studies. One fish moved from near Santa Cruz Island to Long Beach over about 14 months.1

4

The California two-spot octopus preys on it, and the fish will also eat small octopuses of the same kind.1

5

Its maximum recorded lifespan is 21 years.1

6

Despite its danger, it is considered a very good food fish once the spines have been avoided, and it is sought after by some Asian communities in Southern California.1

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Scorpaena guttata
Fedde
Liƴƴi jogiiɗi tooke
Ɓesngu
Scorpaenidae2
Ordre
Perciformes
Leyɗe mawɗe
Geec Pasifik, Gulf Kaliforni, Geece mawɗe
Ɓiɓɓe tokooso
It lays eggs inside a floating, elastic, gelatinous mass about 25 cm long. Each egg is just over 1 mm long, and the mass turns cloudy white as it drifts at the surface.1
Juuteendi nguurndam
hedde duuɓi 211
Bone e yimɓe
3 / 5: Ina tiiɗi3

Ɗo humpito iwri

  1. Scorpaena guttata (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Scorpaena guttata (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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