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False stonefish

Scorpaenopsis diabolus
Ku linnya: The specific name diabolus means 'devil' in Latin, probably a reference to the venomous spines on its back fin.1
Kyetaaga omusawoTokwatakoTekitera kutta, naye amaggwa gaakyo bwe gakufumita, genda eri omusawo.
Ebyennyanja eby'obusagwa Amaggwa ag'obusagwaKirya: Ennyama
Akabi eri abantu: Kya maanyiAmaggwa gaakyo bwe gakufumita, genda eri omusawo. Okufa kubaawo kitono nnyo.

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

Kibeera mu
Tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans and the Red Sea, from East Africa to Japan, Hawaii, Australia and New Caledonia1
Oseyani y'e Buyindi, Oseyani ya Pasifiki, Ennyanja Emmyufu, Ennyanja ya Korali, Ennyanja ya Bufilipino, Ennyanja ya Andaman, Ennyanja ya Timor ne Arafura, Ekikono kya Bengal
Awaka
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
Obuwanvu
30 cm (1 ft)1
Embiro ezisinga
nga 2 km/h (1,2 mph)
Okuwuga, kuteebereza bwokka
Kirya ki?
It is an ambush predator. It waits on the seabed and feeds on passing prey such as invertebrates and small fish.1
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya False stonefish
False stonefish. Ekifaananyi: jeyre. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • 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

Kitera okutabulwa ne: It closely resembles the reef stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa), which is why the two are easily confused.1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Amaggwa ag'obusagwa

Amaggwa amasongovu ge galimu obusagwa. Okukirinnyako oba okukikwata kiruma.

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

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

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

Akabi eri abantu: Kya maanyiAmaggwa gaakyo bwe gakufumita, genda eri omusawo. Okufa kubaawo kitono nnyo.

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

Kikola ki nga kitidde?

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

False stonefish 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 90

False stonefish kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?

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Ebituufu

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

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Scorpaenopsis diabolus
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 Andaman, Ennyanja ya Timor ne Arafura, Ekikono kya Bengal, Oseyani
Akabi eri abantu
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Ebituufu we biva

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