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Dusky spinefoot

Siganus luridus
Ku linnya: Its scientific name, luridus, means 'pale yellow'. The collector of the first specimen gave it this name.1
Kiruma bwokkaTokwatakoKiruma, naye tekijja kukukolako kabi kanene.
Ebyennyanja eby'obusagwa Amaggwa ag'obusagwaKirya: Ebimera
Akabi eri abantu: Kya bulumiKisobola okuluma ddala, naye kumpi tekiba kya kabi kinene.

The dusky spinefoot is a rabbitfish with venomous spines on its fins. It is native to the western Indian Ocean and has spread into the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal. People also catch it as a food fish.1

Kibeera mu
Western Indian Ocean, from Mozambique north to the Red Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea1
Oseyani y'e Buyindi, Ennyanja Emmyufu, Ennyanja ya Mediterenia, Ennyanja ya Arabiya n'Ekikono kya Perusiya
Awaka
It lives at depths of 2 to 40 metres, in waters over hard surfaces such as coral and rocky reefs. Adults are often seen in schools, though single fish also occur.1
Obuwanvu
30 cm (1 ft)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 5 km/h (3,1 mph)
Okuwuga, kuteebereza bwokka
Kirya ki?
Adults graze on algae from the seabed. They feed on larger brown algae and other large water plants called macrophytes.1
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya Dusky spinefoot
Dusky spinefoot. Ekifaananyi: Roberto Pillon. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • Compressed (flattened from side to side) body1
  • Normally olive green to dark brown, with a mottled pattern1
  • Pale yellow pectoral fins and dark bars on the tail fin1
  • Dorsal fin with 13 to 14 spines, and a single row of incisor-like teeth in the jaws1
  • Usually about 20 cm long, and up to 30 cm1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Amaggwa ag'obusagwa

Amaggwa amasongovu ge galimu obusagwa. Okukirinnyako oba okukikwata kiruma.

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

The spines on its fins produce venom. In a study of a related rabbitfish, the venom was found to be similar to stonefish venom.1

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

Akabi eri abantu: Kya bulumiKisobola okuluma ddala, naye kumpi tekiba kya kabi kinene.

When eaten, it has been linked to cases of mild ciguatera-like poisoning. Ciguatera is a form of food poisoning caused by toxins in some reef fish.1

Kikola ki nga kitidde?

When threatened, it stops suddenly and raises its dorsal, anal and pelvic fins, showing an array of venomous spines around its body.1

Amaggwa gaakyo bwe gakufumita

  • Teeka ekiwundu mu mazzi agookya, agookya nga omuntu bw'asobola okugumiikiriza nga tegamwokya (gagezese n'omukono gwo), okumala eddakiika 30 okutuuka ku 90. Funa obuyambi bw'abasawo, naddala ku stonefish ne stingray.

Bulijjo sooka kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911). Buno bulagirizi bwa bujjanjabi obusooka obwa bulijjo, si kuwabula kwa musawo. Obujjanjabi obusooka obw'omusingi

Weekuume

  • Tokwatako, tokwata wadde okusoomooza ensolo ey'omu nsiko, ne bw'eba ntono, era ne bw'eba erabika nga yeebase oba nga efudde.
  • Gireke n'ebbanga. Bw'osisinkana emu, beera mukkakkamu, dda emabega mpola era gireke egende mu kkubo lyayo.
  • Amaggwa gaayo bwe gakufumita: beera mukkakkamu, totambula, kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911) oba tuuka mu ddwaliro mangu. Jjukira bwe yali efaanana, ekifaananyi kiyamba.

Tekikunoonya. Kikozesa obusagwa bwakyo okukwata emmere oba okwekuuma, era kyandisinze kwekweka. Ebirala ku kwekuuma

Kinene kyenkana wa?

Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?

Dusky spinefoot kiwanvu nga 30 cm (1 ft)Ndiizi nga 18 cm (7,1 in)Kkapa ey'awaka nga 50 cm (1,6 ft)
kiwanvu nga bbulooka 9 ez'okuzannyisa mu lunyiririkyandisobodde okuwuga obuwanvu bw'ekidiba ekinene (m 50) mu sikonda 36

Dusky spinefoot kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?

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Ebituufu

1

Its spines are mainly a defence against predators. The highest predation pressure falls on its larvae and planktonic stages.1

2

It came to the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal. It was first recorded off Israel in 1955 and has since spread as far west as the French Mediterranean coast and the Adriatic Sea.1

3

It is a daytime feeder. At night it hides in cavities in the reef.1

4

It is an important fish for fisheries in the Mediterranean. In Kenya, it is caught mainly as bycatch.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Siganus luridus
Ekibinja
Ebyennyanja eby'obusagwa
Amaka
Siganidae2
Ensengeka
Acanthuriformes
Ssemazinga
Oseyani y'e Buyindi, Ennyanja Emmyufu, Ennyanja ya Mediterenia, Ennyanja ya Arabiya n'Ekikono kya Perusiya, Oseyani
Abaana abawere
It spawns in April and from June to August, when seawater is between 24 and 29 °C. The eggs and larvae drift in the plankton near the surface.1
Akabi eri abantu
2 / 5: Kya bulumi3

Ebituufu we biva

  1. Dusky spinefoot (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Siganus luridus (iNaturalist): amannya n'ensengeka y'ebika.
  3. Venom Wiki: omutendera gw'akabi, obunene obwa bulijjo n'okuteebereza kw'embiro bibyaffe. Laba engeri gye tubibalamu: Engeri gye tupimamu akabi.

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