Gafftopsail catfish
The gafftopsail catfish is a sea catfish with long, venomous spines that can cause painful wounds. It lives in warm coastal waters of the western Atlantic, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. The male carries the eggs in his mouth until they hatch.1

Engeri y'okukitegeera
- Blue-grey to dark brown on the back, with a light grey belly.1
- Deeply forked tail.1
- Long, serrated venomous spines on the pectoral and dorsal fins.1
- A small hump on the back that looks somewhat like a wave.1
- A white or pale blue anal fin, and a fleshy extension on the dorsal spine.1
Kitera okutabulwa ne: It resembles the hardhead catfish. The gafftopsail can be told apart by the distinctive fleshy extension on its dorsal spine.1
Amaanyi g'obusagwa
Amaggwa amasongovu ge galimu obusagwa. Okukirinnyako oba okukikwata kiruma.
Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?
Its long, serrated spines are venomous and can cause painful wounds.1
Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?
Akabi eri abantu: Kya bulumiKisobola okuluma ddala, naye kumpi tekiba kya kabi kinene.The spines can cause painful wounds, so care should be taken when handling this fish.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
Wa mu nsi?
Kinene kyenkana wa?
Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?
Kizitowa kyenkana wa?
kiwanvu nga ndiizi 4 eziteekeddwa mu lunyiriri
kizitowa nga kkapa ey'awaka
kyandisobodde okuwuga obuwanvu bw'ekidiba ekinene (m 50) mu sikonda 24Gafftopsail catfish kinene kyenkana wa bw'ogeraageranya ne GGWE?
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Kidduka kyenkana wa?
Ebituufu
Males carry the eggs in their mouths, and do not feed while they are brooding eggs or young.1
Anglers consider it a strong fighter, and it is attracted to the sound of struggling fish.1
Unlike most catfish, which mainly feed on the bottom, this fish feeds throughout the water column.1
Young fish are about 5 cm long when they hatch from the eggs.1
Ku bakugu mu busagwa
- Erinnya erya ssaayansi
- Bagre marinus
- Ekibinja
- Ebyennyanja eby'obusagwa
- Amaka
- Ariidae2
- Ensengeka
- Siluriformes
- Ssemazinga
- Oseyani ya Atlantiki, Ekikono kya Mekisiko, Ennyanja ya Karibiyani, Oseyani
- Abaana abawere
- The male keeps up to 55 eggs in his mouth until they hatch, and may keep brooding the young until they are about 10 cm long. Spawning takes place over inshore mudflats from May to August.1
- Akabi eri abantu
- 2 / 5: Kya bulumi3
Ebituufu we biva
- Gafftopsail catfish (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Bagre marinus (iNaturalist): amannya n'ensengeka y'ebika.
- 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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Amaggwa ag'obusagwa

