Silver-cheeked toadfish
The silver-cheeked toadfish is a puffer fish with a silver stripe along each side. It lives in warm seas, and it is extremely poisonous to eat. It matters because it has spread into the Mediterranean, where people may catch it by mistake.1

Otú ị ga-esi mata ya
- Grey or brown back with darker spots1
- White belly1
- A characteristic silver band along each side1
- Long, slim body, more elongated than the oceanic pufferfish1
- Symmetrical tail fin1
A na-agwakọkarị ya na: It is very similar to the oceanic pufferfish. The silver-cheeked toadfish is more elongated and has a symmetrical tail fin.1
Ike nsị
Ọ na-emerụ ahụ naanị ma ihe riri ya.
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It is not venomous. Its poison is tetrodotoxin, which is found mainly in the ovaries, and to a lesser extent in the skin, muscles and liver. The toxin causes paralysis of involuntary muscles, the muscles the body controls without thinking. This can stop breathing or cause heart failure.1
Kedu otú o si dị egwu nye mmadụ?
Ihe ize ndụ nye mmadụ: Na-egbu egbuOtu n'ime anụmanụ kacha dị egwu n'ụwa.It is extremely poisonous if eaten. Fatal poisonings have been reported in Egypt, Israel and Turkey.1
Ọ bụrụ na mmadụ metụrụ ya aka ma ọ bụ rie ya
- Ọ bụrụ na mmadụ riri ya ma ọ bụ nwee mgbaàmà mgbe o risịrị ya: kpọọ nọmba mberede gị ma ọ bụ ụlọ ọrụ ndụmọdụ nsị (poison centre) ozugbo.
Na-ebu ụzọ kpọọ nọmba mberede gị mgbe niile (112, 000, 911). Nke a bụ ndụmọdụ enyemaka mbụ n'ozuzu, ọ bụghị ndụmọdụ ọgwụ. Isi ihe enyemaka mbụ
Nọrọ na nchekwa
- Emetụla anụ ọhịa aka, ejidela ya, emekwala ya ihe ọjọọ, ọbụna obere, ọbụna ma ọ dị ka ọ na-ehi ụra ma ọ bụ nwụọ anwụ.
- Nye ya ohere. Ọ bụrụ na ị zutere otu, dị jụụ, laghachi azụ nwayọ, hapụ ya ka ọ gaa ụzọ ya.
- Ọ bụrụ na i metụrụ ya aka ma ọ bụ rie ya: ehichala anya gị ma ọ bụ ọnụ gị, saa aka gị, chọọkwa enyemaka ọgwụ.
Ọ naghị achụ gị. Nsị ya dị naanị ka ihe ọ bụla ghara iri ya. Ihe ndị ọzọ gbasara ịnọ na nchekwa
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It is poisonous because it eats bacteria that carry tetrodotoxin, and the toxin builds up in its body.1
Its ovaries hold the most tetrodotoxin, more than its skin, muscles or liver.1
It is a Lessepsian migrant, a species that has moved into the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal.1
It is spreading west through the Mediterranean, and it has been recorded as far west as the Strait of Gibraltar.1
The toxin protects it from voracious predators.1
It can grow to 40 cm long.1
Maka ndị ọkachamara nsị
- Aha sayensị
- Lagocephalus sceleratus
- Otu
- Anụmanụ ndị ọzọ nwere nsị n'ahụ
- Ezinụlọ
- Tetraodontidae2
- Usoro
- Tetraodontiformes
- Kọntinent dị iche iche
- Oké Osimiri Pasifik, Oké Osimiri India, Osimiri Uhie, Osimiri Mediterenian, Osimiri Timor na Arafura, Ọwara Bengal, Oké osimiri niile
- Ụmụ ọhụrụ
- Eggs and larvae are found in the open water (pelagic zone).1
- Ihe ize ndụ nye mmadụ
- 5 / 5: Na-egbu egbu3
Ebe eziokwu ndị a si
- Lagocephalus sceleratus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Lagocephalus sceleratus (iNaturalist): aha na nhazi ọkwa.
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