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False stonefish

Scorpaenopsis diabolus
Ko faati e innde ndee: The specific name diabolus means 'devil' in Latin, probably a reference to the venomous spines on its back fin.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 false stonefish is a venomous fish that lives on the seabed in warm seas. It hides among rocks, coral and rubble, where it waits to ambush passing prey. It is worth knowing about because its back spines can give a painful sting.1

Ina wuuri e
Tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans and the Red Sea, from East Africa to Japan, Hawaii, Australia and New Caledonia1
Geec Enndo, Geec Pasifik, Geec Boɗeejo, Geec Korayl, Geec Filipiin, Geec Andaman, Geec Timor e Arafura, Gulf Bengal
Hello arano
It lives on the seabed among rubble, seaweed-covered rocks and rocks coated in coralline algae. It is found on reef flats, in lagoons and on the seaward side of reefs, at depths down to about 70 m.1
Juuteendi
30 cm (1 ft)1
Yaawde ɓurnde
hedde 2 km/h (1,2 mph)
Yoowde, miijo
Hol ko ngal ñaamata?
It is an ambush predator. It waits on the seabed and feeds on passing prey such as invertebrates and small fish.1
Goonga!Natal False stonefish
False stonefish. Natal: jeyre. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

No anndirte ngal

  • Broad head with a wide mouth, a humped back and a tapering body1
  • Rough skin with low cone-shaped bumps, spines and tassels1
  • Mottled grey and white colouring with reddish-brown blotches, which blends in with stones and coral1
  • Twelve venomous spines in the dorsal (back) fin1
  • Inner sides of the broad pectoral (side) fins show orange, black and white blotches1

Ina heewi waylondireede e: It closely resembles the reef stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa), which is why the two are easily confused.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 venomous spines are in the dorsal fin on its back. They can inflict a painful wound when a person is pricked by them.1

Hol no bone mum heewiri e yimɓe?

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

An 1829 account by the zoologists Cuvier and Valenciennes says the venom killed two local people in the Moluccas Islands of Indonesia, after what they described as frightful suffering. Local people there avoided the fish because they saw it as a bad omen.1

Hol ko ngal waɗata so ina hula?

When disturbed by a possible predator, it flares its pectoral fins as a warning.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?

False stonefish hedde 30 cm juutde (1 ft)Banaana hedde 18 cm (7,1 in)Ullundu galle hedde 50 cm (1,6 ft)
juutde no kaaɗe mahirɗe 9 ɗaɓɓondiraaɗeina waawi yoowde juuteendi pisin mawɗo (50 m) e segonde 90

Hol no False stonefish mawniri, so fooɗondiraama e AN?

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

Hol no yaawiri?

moƴƴi anndude

Humpito

1

When lit by blue or ultraviolet light, it glows red. This is called biofluorescence, and it may help the fish communicate with others of its kind and aid its camouflage.1

2

It has twelve venomous spines in its dorsal fin, and it is these spines that make it dangerous.1

3

Its wide mouth and camouflage let it wait for prey to pass close by before it strikes.1

4

It is sometimes partly covered with sediment, which helps it stay hidden on the seabed.1

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Scorpaenopsis diabolus
Fedde
Liƴƴi jogiiɗi tooke
Ɓesngu
Scorpaenidae2
Ordre
Perciformes
Leyɗe mawɗe
Geec Enndo, Geec Pasifik, Geec Boɗeejo, Geec Korayl, Geec Filipiin, Geec Andaman, Geec Timor e Arafura, Gulf Bengal, Geece mawɗe
Bone e yimɓe
3 / 5: Ina tiiɗi3

Ɗo humpito iwri

  1. Scorpaenopsis diabolus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Scorpaenopsis diabolus (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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