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Natal Dwarf lionfish
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Dwarf lionfish

Dendrochirus brachypterus
Ko faati e innde ndee: The scientific name brachypterus means 'short-finned', because its pectoral fins are relatively short.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 dwarf lionfish is a small, spiny reef fish from the Indo-Pacific. It lives in shallow reef flats and lagoons, where it hunts small sea creatures at night. Its back fin spines are venomous, so it is one to admire from a distance.1

Ina wuuri e
Indo-Pacific, from East Africa and the Red Sea to Samoa, the Philippines and Australia1
Geec Enndo, Geec Pasifik, Geec Boɗeejo, Geec Korayl, Geec Filipiin, Geec Timor e Arafura, Gulf Bengal
Hello arano
It lives in reef flats and shallow lagoons, at depths from 1 to 80 m, usually around weed-covered rocks on sandy seabeds. By day it shelters in caves, crevices and among sponges. Adults are often found on sponges, and small groups of juveniles gather on reef outcrops.1
Juuteendi
17 cm (6,7 in)1
Yaawde ɓurnde
hedde 4,5 km/h (2,8 mph)
Yoowde, miijo
Hol ko ngal ñaamata?
It is a nocturnal predator that hunts small crustaceans, mainly at night.1
Goonga!Natal Dwarf lionfish
Dwarf lionfish. Natal: Richard Ling. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

No anndirte ngal

  • Has 13 spines and 9 or 10 soft rays in its back fin.1
  • Background colour is dusky, mottled brown to reddish-brown, with darker bars across the body.1
  • Pectoral (side) fins are clearly banded, with 8 to 10 dark bars.1
  • Has a short tentacle above each eye and leaf-like fringes on the head.1
  • Black spots edged with red appear on the filaments of the back fin spines.1

Ina heewi waylondireede e: Its pectoral fins are shorter than those of the zebra lionfish (Dendrochirus zebra), which is the main comparison made when identifying it.1

Doole tooke

Gaaɗe tooke

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

Hol ko tooke ŋatgol mum waɗata?

Its dorsal (back) fin spines are venomous, which means they inject venom when they pierce skin.1

Hol no bone mum heewiri e yimɓe?

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

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?

Dwarf lionfish hedde 17 cm juutde (6,7 in)Telefon mo smart hedde 15 cm (5,9 in)Banaana hedde 18 cm (7,1 in)
juutde no kaaɗe mahirɗe 5 ɗaɓɓondiraaɗeina waawi yoowde juuteendi pisin mawɗo (50 m) e segonde 40

Hol no Dwarf lionfish mawniri, so fooɗondiraama e AN?

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

Hol no yaawiri?

moƴƴi anndude

Humpito

1

Its back fin spines are venomous, so care is needed around this fish.1

2

In some subsistence fisheries, it is used as a food fish.1

3

It is sometimes kept in the aquarium trade.1

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Dendrochirus brachypterus
Fedde
Liƴƴi jogiiɗi tooke
Ɓesngu
Scorpaenidae2
Ordre
Perciformes
Leyɗe mawɗe
Geec Enndo, Geec Pasifik, Geec Boɗeejo, Geec Korayl, Geec Filipiin, Geec Timor e Arafura, Gulf Bengal, Geece mawɗe
Ɓiɓɓe tokooso
Females lay eggs, but raising the young has proved very difficult in captivity.1
Bone e yimɓe
2 / 5: Muusɗo3

Ɗo humpito iwri

  1. Neochirus brachypterus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Dendrochirus brachypterus (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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