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

Yadda za ka gane shi
- 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
Ƙarfin dafi
Ƙayoyi masu kaifi ne ke ɗauke da dafin. Taka shi ko kama shi yana ciwo.
Me dafinsa yake yi?
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
Yaya haɗarinsa yake ga mutane?
Haɗari ga mutane: Mai raɗaɗiYana iya yin ciwo sosai, amma kusan bai taɓa zama mai tsanani ba.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
Me yake yi idan ya ji tsoro?
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
Idan ƙayoyinsa suka soke ka
- Ka saka raunin cikin ruwan zafi, mai zafi iyakar yadda mutumin zai iya jurewa ba tare da ya ƙone ba (ka gwada da hannunka), na tsawon minti 30 zuwa 90. Ka nemi taimakon likita, musamman don kifin dutse da stingrays.
Kullum ka fara kiran lambar gaggawa (112, 000, 911). Wannan jagorar agajin gaggawa ce ta gaba ɗaya, ba shawarar likita ba. Muhimman abubuwan agajin gaggawa
Kiyaye lafiya
- Kada ka taɓa, kada ka kama, kada ka tsokani dabbar daji, ko da ƙarama ce, kuma ko da tana kama da tana barci ko ta mutu.
- Ka ba shi sarari. Idan ka haɗu da ɗaya, ka natsu, ka koma baya a hankali kuma ka bar shi ya bi hanyarsa.
- Idan ƙayoyinsa suka soke ka: ka natsu, ka zauna ba motsi, ka kira lambar gaggawarka (112, 000, 911) ko ka je asibiti da sauri. Ka tuna yadda yake, hoto yana taimakawa.
Ba ya neman cutar da kai. Yana amfani da dafinsa don kama abinci ko don kare kansa, kuma ya fi son ya ɓuya. Ƙarin bayani game da kiyaye lafiya
A ina a duniya?
Yaya girmansa yake?
Yaya tsawonsa yake?
tsawon kyanwoyin gida 2 daga hanci zuwa wutsiya
tsawon ayaba 5 a jere
zai iya yin iyo tsawon babban tafkin iyo (mita 50) cikin daƙiƙa 12Yaya girman Spotted ratfish yake idan aka kwatanta da KAI?
Lissafi ne kawai a cikin burauzarka. Ba a adana komai ko a aika ko'ina.
Yaya saurinsa yake?
Bayanai
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
Don ƙwararru a kan dafi
- Sunan kimiyya
- Hydrolagus colliei
- Rukuni
- Kifaye masu dafi
- Iyali
- Chimaeridae2
- Tsari
- Chimaeriformes
- Nahiyoyi
- Tekun Pasifik, Gaɓar Tekun California, Tekuna
- Jarirai
- 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
- Haɗari ga mutane
- 2 / 5: Mai raɗaɗi3
Inda bayanan suka fito
- Spotted ratfish (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Hydrolagus colliei (iNaturalist): sunaye da rarrabuwa.
- Venom Wiki: matakin haɗari, girman al'ada da ƙiyasin sauri namu ne. Ga yadda muke lissafa su: Yadda muke auna haɗari.
Kowane bayani a wannan shafi yana da lamba da ke nuna tushensa. Idan mun yi kuskure, ka yi haƙuri, mu masoya dabbobi ne, ba mujallar kimiyya ba. Ka gaya mana a [email protected] kuma za mu gyara.
Ƙayoyi masu dafi

