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Dwarf lionfish

Dendrochirus brachypterus
Ku linnya: The scientific name brachypterus means 'short-finned', because its pectoral fins are relatively short.1
Kiruma bwokkaTokwatakoKiruma, naye tekijja kukukolako kabi kanene.
Ebyennyanja eby'obusagwa Amaggwa ag'obusagwaKirya: Ennyama
Akabi eri abantu: Kya bulumiKisobola okuluma ddala, naye kumpi tekiba kya kabi kinene.

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

Kibeera mu
Indo-Pacific, from East Africa and the Red Sea to Samoa, the Philippines and Australia1
Oseyani y'e Buyindi, Oseyani ya Pasifiki, Ennyanja Emmyufu, Ennyanja ya Korali, Ennyanja ya Bufilipino, Ennyanja ya Timor ne Arafura, Ekikono kya Bengal
Awaka
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
Obuwanvu
17 cm (6,7 in)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 4,5 km/h (2,8 mph)
Okuwuga, kuteebereza bwokka
Kirya ki?
It is a nocturnal predator that hunts small crustaceans, mainly at night.1
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya Dwarf lionfish
Dwarf lionfish. Ekifaananyi: Richard Ling. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • 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

Kitera okutabulwa ne: Its pectoral fins are shorter than those of the zebra lionfish (Dendrochirus zebra), which is the main comparison made when identifying it.1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Amaggwa ag'obusagwa

Amaggwa amasongovu ge galimu obusagwa. Okukirinnyako oba okukikwata kiruma.

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

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

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

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

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?

Dwarf lionfish kiwanvu nga 17 cm (6,7 in)Essimu ey'omu ngalo (smartphone) nga 15 cm (5,9 in)Ndiizi nga 18 cm (7,1 in)
kiwanvu nga bbulooka 5 ez'okuzannyisa mu lunyiririkyandisobodde okuwuga obuwanvu bw'ekidiba ekinene (m 50) mu sikonda 40

Dwarf lionfish kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?

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Ebituufu

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

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Dendrochirus brachypterus
Ekibinja
Ebyennyanja eby'obusagwa
Amaka
Scorpaenidae2
Ensengeka
Perciformes
Ssemazinga
Oseyani y'e Buyindi, Oseyani ya Pasifiki, Ennyanja Emmyufu, Ennyanja ya Korali, Ennyanja ya Bufilipino, Ennyanja ya Timor ne Arafura, Ekikono kya Bengal, Oseyani
Abaana abawere
Females lay eggs, but raising the young has proved very difficult in captivity.1
Akabi eri abantu
2 / 5: Kya bulumi3

Ebituufu we biva

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